On Tuesday 04 September 2001 12:10 am, Volker Schlecht wrote: > * Sean Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010904 00:00]: > > mga.o is open source, mga_hal.o is not though, and you will need that to > > use it with XFree86 (for DRI anyway, I'm pretty sure you can get 2d only > > still). > > With Xfree 4.1.0 this is no longer the case. You still need the > proprietary module for some special candy, but the free module runs > just fine here on its own, including stuff like DRI and DualHead. > > regards, > Volker
I'll back that up too - I've put a G450 32MB in the new Athlon 1.4 system I've just set up and with a recent sid I get 1600x1200x24(32)bpp with DRI and I haven't had to download anything from Matrox. glxgears runs at 396-399 fps (when I haven't got setiathome running - between 358-363 fps with 1 client niced to 20). Heh! just tried superquadrics + setiathome + glxgears = 310-320 fps. Adding lament brought it down to between 120 and 190 fps, mostly around 150 fps. Works very well with the non open source 3d package I use (which is the main thing for me). I specifically went for a G450 32MB because I was pleased with the G400 16MB I have in another system - due of the lack of ram it'll only do 1600x1200 DRI in 16bpp - falls back to s/w rendering at 24(32). Lower resolutions are ok in 24(32)bpp. I still get the (II) Loading sub module "mga_hal" (II) LoadModule: "mga_hal" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal (II) UnloadModule: "mga_hal" (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) (II) MGA(0): Matrox HAL module not found - using builtin mode setup instead error in XFree86.0.log but they don't appear to stop DRI. One thing to watch out for though is upgrading your kernel or Xfree86 - version mismatches are quite common, in my experience, so keep the .debs for your current versions once you've got it running in case a subsequent upgrade upgrade breaks it. I've got to say that I feel quite supportive of Matrox for open sourcing the basic driver and permitting a solution that almost (version mismatches are the only real glitch and I'm running unstable so I should expect problems anyway) works out of the box. LeeE
