Thanks! Your suggestion to look into CVS sounds very interesting! And the other alternatives too for that matter! I suddenly feel a bit less lost... :) I'll get on with it right away!
Many thanks, Pontus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pontus Edvardsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 9:30 PM Subject: Re: Matrox G550 32mb under woody > Hi- > > The X.con file has a clue. If you are running X4.1, the card is not > supported as of yet. The last line says that: > > > Fatal server error: > > XFree86 has found a valid card configuration. > Unfortunately the appropriate data has not been added to xf86PciInfo.h. > Please forward 'scanpci -v' output to XFree86 support team. > > This means from what I have seen that the card is not found in the card > database for X4.1. Remember that X4.1 was released in June of this year > and that numerous updates have been added since then but we are still > waiting for a new release of X which should be called X4.2. It is very > possible that the CVS sources of X would support this video card. I > have downloaded the compiled X from CVS sources several dozen times and > it takes awhile to complete but you end up with X running to support the > card (if the driver developer has populated the CVS head tree with the > new sources). SEcondarily, Matrox may have released a gpl'ed driver > after the release of X4.1 and its sitting within CVS or on their > website. I think Matrox is cooperating with the X developers so I bet > there is a driver for that card in the CVS version of X. YOu could also > take a look at the xprt mailing list off of xfree86.org for any others > that have used this card and what they did. > > As a final alternative, you may want to look see if ACcelerated X > (commercial X server) supports the card. Another possibility is that > redhat has lifted the CVS sources and produced new rpms as part of > redhat 7.2 which supports other cards like the ATI Mobility LY M6 cards > which ATI added after the release date of X4.1. > > > > -- > Michael Perry | "Do or do not; there is no try" Master Yoda > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org >
