Re: matrox marvel g200

[martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de (Martin Bialasinski)]

>> "JT" == Joachim Trinkwitz <upp105@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> writes:

[ installation of Matrox G200 ]

JT> Would you mind to give a step by step instruction for the installation 

I also use one of these.

1. get the tar.gz from SUSE's site.

2. extract the XFCom_Matrox file and copy it to /usr/local/bin

3. Change the first line of /etc/X11/Xserver to 
   /usr/local/bin/XFCom_Matrox

4. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config. The Matrox driver uses the svga section.

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Matrox G200"
    VendorName  "Matrox"
    BoardName   "G200 AGP"
    VideoRam	8192
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "Matrox G200"
    Monitor     "Optiquest 4000DC"
    Defaultcolordepth 16
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "1024x768" "640x480" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Ciao,
	Martin