Re: Help on strategy for debian install needed

[mike polniak <mikpolniak@adelphia.net>]

uklinux wrote:
> 
> Finally, one specific query: I have a Matrox G450.  There have been some co
mments from people implying that the drivers for this are (a) not very good
 (b) only work with XFree 4.xx.  Could someone tell me whether this is just 
a 3D acceleration issue?  I'm not overly concerned at the moment with
 3D acceleration and would be quite happy with good 2D acceleration and 
XFree 3.xx. Am I likely to have any problems with getting a decent X d
isplay after installing 2.2r2?

	First, you need to set your line wrap to 72. I tried a G450 with
Debian. IMHO if you have another video card available i would do the install
with it, just to get X working quickly.
	From what i've read, to get a G450 working you will need XFree 4.0.2
plus the matrox drivers from the matrox site and probably have to compile
both from source. A bit much on top of a newbie install IMHO.
	It certainly was'nt worth it for me after a couple of unsuccessful
attempts. So i settled for XFree 4.0.1 with an ATI rage128 card.
	But read the list archives on the G450 (there is not much) to find
out if its gotten any easier to install.

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