RE: G550 / XFree86

["David Sanders" <davids@sandersweb.net>]

I had the same problem.  I used the drivers from the matrox site
(mgadrivers-2.0.tgz)
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/lnx_200.cfm

Then disable framebuffers and make sure you don't have a duplicate mouse
entry in XF86Config-4:
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
        Driver          "mga"
        #Option         "UseFBDev"              "true"

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
        #InputDevice    "Generic Mouse

David Sanders
david@sandersweb.net
http://www.sandersweb.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Allen [mailto:tom@nonserviam.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:03 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: G550 / XFree86
>
>
> I found a volume of information, but seem to be missing something.
> I use a matrox G550, and when I installed, X would not run (the actual
> error is (EE) No devices detected).  There's bound to be a FAQ
> somewhere, but I'm having trouble finding such a beast in text mode.  I
> found a bunch of references to G400s, but not too much in the g550 area.
>
> I have upgraded now to xfree 4.2.1, but the driver still does not appear
> to be finding the card.  Is there some support package I must also
> upgrade?
>
> Tom
>
>
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