dave mallery declaimed: > On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > Simon Hepburn declaimed: > > > Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > > > > > After apt-get dist-updating to the latest version of sid last night > > > > (approx 2002-04-03 23:00 PST), I can't start X-windows. > > > > > > > Anyone else having problems? Should I report a bug? > > > > > > Well, is this is a matrox bug or an X bug ? I would post to debian-x > > > initially, rather than file a bug report. > > It's a matrox bug... sort of. After remembering that I have a brain, I > > reinstalled the custom beta mga drivers I got from the Matrox website > > and well (blush) all is OK. doh! > > Paul: > > the only custom drivers i can find on the matrox site have to be compiled > from source along with X and under a 2.4 kernel. > > is that the only way to get em?? > > thanks > > dave Look here:
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/latest/home.cfm I downloaded the ones named "BETA 2.0" in the row labeled "Millenium G400 / Millenium G400 MAX" and the column labeled "Linux". Note that the 'mgapdesk' utility i buggy, came up showing my two displays swapped left-to-right, etc., but it did leave me with a config file I could edit to obtain the desired results. HTH, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
