Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!
n7fz@arrl.net writes:
Hi,
> HELP!! This newbie is having major problems getting XFree86 to run.
>
> The problem: my video card is the Matrox G550, and Debian 3.0
> installs XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, which does not support it. And every driver I've
> tried, including the generic VGA, gives me a "No screens found" error when I try
> 'startx'.
>
> Matrox provides Linux drivers, but when I use their install.sh, it returns a message
> that it does not support the version of XFree I have, although the documentation
> indicates that it does support 4.1.0.
i have the same G550 Card. It works fine with X 4.1.0. On your Matrox CD
you can find the drivers mga_drv.o and mga_hal_drv.o. What du you need
is a simple copy into /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers.
Pozdrawiam/Gruß/Regards
Robert Rakowicz
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