RE: XF86_SVGA suddenly refuses to detect Matrox Millenium
Try running XF86Setup - also, even though you may have uninstalled the xbase
package, the configuration files were probably left behind.
use 'dpkg --purge package_name' to remove the configuration files as well.
Make sure you install the package xserver-svga - though it sounds like you
already did this. Then try running the XF86Setup as root, to re-set up the
XF86Config.
On 15-Sep-98 Eric Fain wrote:
> So I had a box going with a Matrox Millenium PCI card, up for a year
> without problems. I upgraded to hamm, and there were no apparent problems
> with X either. Then one day I rebooted, and XF86_SVGA refuses to detect
> the video chipset. XF86Config hasn't changed, either. Nevertheless, I
> tried to force detection, with a
> Chipset "mga2064w"
> which is what it said it detected in my old logs, but this crashes the
> server with "invalid chipset". Same thing under 2.0.30 and 2.0.34.
> Otherwise, it detects "generic", and I'm stuck with 320x200.
> Reinstalled XF86_SVGA-- nothing.
>
> Right now, I'm assuming a hardware problem, though it's possible I've
> overlooked a configuration change somewhere (not in XF86Config)
>
> Is there a better way to force detection, or do I try a new card?
>
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E-Mail: Geoffrey L. Brimhall <brimhall@pobox.com>
Date: 15-Sep-98
Time: 14:25:13
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