--- Brian C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble getting my Matrox G550 working with Debian, because
> it is not supported in the version of XFree86 that is installed with
> Woody. I've successfully upgraded XFree86 to unstable but X still barfs
> when I try to start it. (mga_hal module doesn't exist, etc.) Anyway,
> that's not really the point, unless someone wants to tell me
> step-by-step how they got their G550 working.
>
> My question is: What IS an available, cheap, but not too ancient video
> card that will automagically work with the default Woody install? For
> instance, would the ATI Radeon 9000 work? How far up ATI's numbering
> system can I go before there's trouble? I'm not using the card for 3d
> gaming or video editing. We're talking e-mail and word-processing here,
> so a fifty dollar card or so is what I'd like. At the same time, I don't
> want some ancient card that is going to be the weak link in an otherwise
> very up-to-date system (because I believe one day Sarge will be
> officially released, etc.) ;-)
>
> Please CC my address as I'm going to have to unsubscribe. Can't handle
> the volume! Thanks!
>
The Radeon 9000 is only supported in XFree86 4.3, unless you use the binary
driver from ATi. Their new driver supports all these cards:
ATI Radeon 8500, 9100, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, M9, M9+, M10
ATI FireGL 8700, 8800, E1, E2, X1, X2, Z1
Aything older than that ought to be well supported in XFree86 already.
HTH,
-Roberto
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