Re: Matrox G100 not working with XFree86 4.2.1 'mga' driver
About a minute after sending this email, I got the idea to check my
.xinitrc file. Found a typo. How embarrassing. I will go crawl back into
my cave now. Please disregard this email. Thanks.
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 debian@clouded.org wrote:
> Hello all. I'm running testing with all the latest packages as of Nov 14.
> I have a Matrox G100 card with four vga ports. It was working great until
> I rebooted my workstation yesterday. Unfortunately it had an uptime of
> over 120 days and I don't believe I restarted my X session during that
> time. In other words, I don't know what version of X and related packages
> last worked - only that 120 days ago X started up fine.
>
> When I try to start X with my original XF86Config-4 file, it complains
> about my DefaultDepth. So I lowered that from 16 to 8. Then it complained
> about not finding /dev/input/mice. So I commented out that mouse
> definition. Then it complained about DRI only being supported for the
> G200/G400/G550 cards. So I commented out all parts that referenced DRI. It
> still complains about DRI.
>
> After much searching (and not much luck) on Google web & newsgroups I went
> and installed the following from stable out of desperation:
>
> xfree86-common_4.1.0-16_all.deb
> xlib6g_4.1.0-16_all.deb
> xlibs_4.1.0-16_i386.deb
> xserver-common_4.1.0-16_i386.deb
> xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16_i386.deb
>
> The error messages were rearranged, but still no X.
>
> In all cases and XF86Config-4 files, all my monitors come out of power
> save mode, flicker a few seconds later, then I'm thrown back to console.
>
> I'm attaching my original XF86Config-4 last known to work, along with the
> console output of startx when I try and use it now.
>
> I'm also attaching the XF86Config-4 file with DefaultDepth lowered to 8
> and DRI stuff commented out, along with the console output of startx when
> I try and use that.
>
>
> Any assistance or insight would be appreciated. As much as I love console,
> even in "extended" vga mode, I've been spoiled by 1280x1024 desktops with
> large rxvts and tiny fonts. :)
>
>
> Here's some other (hopefully) useful info:
>
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux haze 2.4.18 #1 SMP Wed Nov 13 14:31:59 EST 2002 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>
>
> /proc/pci:
>
> Bus 2, device 1, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (rev 1).
> IRQ 11.
> Master Capable. Latency=64.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x43000000 [0x43ffffff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42000000 [0x42003fff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x40000000 [0x407fffff].
> Bus 2, device 5, function 0:
> Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (#2) (rev 1).
> IRQ 11.
> Master Capable. Latency=64.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x44000000 [0x44ffffff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42100000 [0x42103fff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x40800000 [0x40ffffff].
> Bus 2, device 9, function 0:
> Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (#3) (rev 1).
> IRQ 11.
> Master Capable. Latency=64.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x45000000 [0x45ffffff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42200000 [0x42203fff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x41000000 [0x417fffff].
> Bus 2, device 13, function 0:
> Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (#4) (rev 1).
> IRQ 11.
> Master Capable. Latency=64.
> Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x46000000 [0x46ffffff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42300000 [0x42303fff].
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x41800000 [0x41ffffff].
>
>
>
> In case my attachment gets mangled, here's the output of startx with my
> DefaultDepth set to 8 and DRI stuff commented out:
>
> $ startx
> hostname 2.08
>
>
> XFree86 Version 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1-3 20021016191246 branden@deadbeast.net) / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 3 September 2002
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
> reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 i686 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Nov 14 15:10:59 2002
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
> (EE) Failed to load module "pex5" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) Failed to load module "xie" (module does not exist, 0)
> (WW) MGA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:13:0) found
> (EE) MGA(0): [drm] Direct rendering only supported with G200/G400/G550 AGP
> (EE) MGA(1): [drm] Direct rendering only supported with G200/G400/G550 AGP
> (EE) MGA(2): [drm] Direct rendering only supported with G200/G400/G550 AGP
> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
>
> $
>
> BusID PCI:2:13:0 would be the fourth port on the card, which I'm not
> using. Odd, that it's still trying to use DRI even though I commented it
> all out from XF86Config-4.
>
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