Re: X.Org Hits Testing: Xorg MGA driver problem?

[Aurélien Campéas <aurelien.campeas@free.fr>]

David E. Fox a écrit :
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:12:17 +0200
> Aurélien Campéas <aurelien.campeas@free.fr> wrote:
>
>
> > Ben Pearre a écrit :
> >
> > > I'm very sorry for the possibly off-topic reply.
> > >
> > > I have had one problem since my Unstable system went to Xorg, and I
> > > don't know whether this is the place to air it.  Please forgive if
> > > not.  If this is interesting, ask me for more info, as I've tried to
> > > keep this brief:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Same here : for an old MGA (Matrox Video Card), I have a corrupted 
> > display (completely unusable). I tested xorg yesterday and had to 
>
>
> By any chance is your Matrox a Millenium G450? That's what I've been
> using now for about four years. I had it working at one time with X.org
> but that was back when I was using Mandrake. I also have been trying to
> get the acceleration stuff working - but without success.

In fact it's a quite old MGA 1064SG. Maybe the support for this is 
fading as few people still use it.

> For the moment, I'm still using XFree from sarge. Is there a compelling
> reason to switch to X.org? 

The only compelling reason would be the end of xfree support for me.

Aurélien.