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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sandersweb.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]