Re: G400

[Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex@purdue.edu>]

* Tom Allison (tallison1@twmi.rr.com) wrote:
> I have this Matrox G400 video card that's supposed to be really spiffy 
> (or was, in it's day).
> I'm just trying to confirm the support in X v4.
> 
> It seems that this card has taken a serious step back in basic 
> performance.  I'm not talking about frames/second, the basic picture is 
> kind of lame.
> I have a 21" monitor and the whole thing worked great under 3.3.6 and 
> even Windows (I had it installed for 3 days until I figured out I 
> couldn't get all the devices to work correctly).
> 
> I'm just looking for 'similar experiences'

 Hi Tom,

 I have one, but the picture is terrific and eventually I got the fps up
to the sniff as well. If it helps you can read my XF86Config-4 below. I
run 1280x960 as I think that things get way to small for my tired eyes
above that resolution, but on a 21" you do whatever ye' like.

 Alex.


# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Dexconf, the
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config" at the shell prompt.)

Section "Files"
#	FontPath	"unix/:7100"	# local font server
#	FontPath	"unix/:7110"	# xfs-xtt true type font server
	
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"GLcore"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"pex5"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"xie"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"speedo"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
	Load	"int10"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"Protocol"	"Standard"
	Option		"AutoRepeat"	"500 30"
	Option		"XkbKeycodes"	"xfree86"
	Option		"XkbTypes"	"default"
	Option		"XkbCompat"	"default"
	Option		"XkbGeometry"	"pc"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xfree86"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"rums(basic)"
	Option		"XkbOptions"	"grp:toggle"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"yes"
	Option		"Emulate3Timeout"	"150"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Matrox G400"
	Driver		"mga"
	Option		"AGPMode" "2"
#	ChipSet		"mgag400"
#	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Hitachi CM 751"
	HorizSync	31-93
	VertRefresh	50-160
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Matrox G400"
	Monitor		"Hitachi CM 751"
	DefaultDepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		32
		Modes		"1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group "dri"
#	Mode	0666
	Mode	0660
EndSection

# end of XF86Config