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Re: X11 Installation



Jeff Alami <jalami@starcon.com> writes:
> I have a few problems installing X11 on my Debian system; it seems that
> the video will not work. I have a Matrox Millenium-II card (w/ 4MB WRAM)
> and a 15" NEC MultiSync 4FG monitor. I looked up compatibility problems
> and I have seen that the Matrox Millenium-II is not compatible with
> XFree86, even if the Millenium and Mystique are. I tried using
> "Unsupported VGA card" and "Standard VGA monitor"; the tests of the X
> server work fine, but when I load xdm, the computer freezes. Can anyone
> help? Thanks.

My Matrox Millenium II works fine.  Are you using XF86Setup to
configure X?  The older xf86config does not support Millenium IIs.
Just select `Matrox Millenium II' on the list of video cards.  Don't
use Detailed setup.
-- 
Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> <blp@gnu.org> <pfaffben@debian.org>


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