On Saturday 13 December 2014 05:47:25 Ric Moore wrote:
> Our computers are the worst of
> mistresses.
Logical, consistent, predictable, biddable ... oh yes, and demanding. ;-)
Lisi
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On 12/12/2014 09:34 PM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
From: Ric Moore
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500
Is this in a desktop machine?
Can you remove the board?
If so, is there a window nearby?
Then, open the window and throw that board out. :)
Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant.
From: Ric Moore
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500
> Is this in a desktop machine?
> Can you remove the board?
> If so, is there a window nearby?
> Then, open the window and throw that board out. :)
Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant.
> Older nVidia boards, ten times as capable a
Ric Moore wrote:
> Didja try here?:
> http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/download/?id=143
> (this is from 2006)
This contains the HAL I was talking about.
>From the README:
,
| A working installation of XFree86 4.3.0, and X.org versions 6.7.0,
| 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7
On 12/11/2014 10:40 AM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450
adapter.
Please, I am not trying to be rude here. but here it comes...
Is this in a desktop machine?
Can you remove the board?
If so, is there a window nearby?
Then, open the
pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450
> adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X
> running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2
> indicates absence of signal. If the monitors
A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450
adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X
running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2
indicates absence of signal. If the monitors are swapped across the
output connectors
Sven Hartge writes:
(snip)
> I am afraid to say this, but: G450 DVI with modern Xorg does not work
> and will never work, because you need the closed source proprietary HAL
> for this which has not been updated since a long long time.
>
> I tried to get this to work several years ago, trying every
Mark Carroll wrote:
> I have a Matrox G450 video card in a 5v 33MHz PCI slot in an old system.
> I hope to get DVI output from it, I don't care about using the other
> head. While the console is fine, I can't get xorg to work with it.
I am afraid to say this, but: G450 DVI wi
didier gaumet writes:
> Le 15/04/2014 22:01, Mark Carroll a écrit :
(snip)
>> Rather than trying many more speculative adjustments, I am wondering:
>> does anybody else actually have this hardware working with a modern
>> xorg under Debian?
(snip)
Well, the silence on this point isn't encouragi
Le 15/04/2014 22:01, Mark Carroll a écrit :
> I have a Matrox G450 video card in a 5v 33MHz PCI slot in an old system.
> I hope to get DVI output from it, I don't care about using the other
> head. While the console is fine, I can't get xorg to work with it.
>
> I have
I have a Matrox G450 video card in a 5v 33MHz PCI slot in an old system.
I hope to get DVI output from it, I don't care about using the other
head. While the console is fine, I can't get xorg to work with it.
I have tried various approaches. I've tried installing xorg from both
had the same problem - tried several things, but it seems that after
copying files mga_drv.so and mga_hal_drv.so from matrox site to /usr/
lib/xorg/modules/drivers (the first one replaces the existing file
with the same name in this directory) and adding
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Ign
Hello,
I have a
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400/G450 (rev 82)
and Xinerama/TwinView is working, but for some functions, I need the HAL
module. Unfortunately I am not able to compile this pig under Lenny.
Has someone compiled the module successfuly?
If yes, ca
I'm trying with a stable Etch and all seems ok...
On May 8, 4:10 pm, Mat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all.
> I have problems with a G450 eTV on kernel 2.6.15-26.
> Any idea?
> ...
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Hi all.
I have problems with a G450 eTV on kernel 2.6.15-26.
Any idea?
===
# lspci | grep Matrox
:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. G400/
G450 (rev 85)
# modprobe matroxfb_g450
Nothing new in dmesg...
# modprobe matroxfb_base
Nothing new in dmesg...
# lsmod | grep
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:44:14 +0200 (METDST)
Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Chris Metzler wrote:
>
>
> > e) get a video card that's better at 3D stuff. When I switched from
> > the Matrox G550 to an nVidia GF4 Ti4600, my framerates flying around
> > downto
Hi,
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Chris Metzler wrote:
> e) get a video card that's better at 3D stuff. When I switched from
> the Matrox G550 to an nVidia GF4 Ti4600, my framerates flying around
> downtown SF jumped from ~6 to ~17. This is especially worth
> considering for Matrox cards, given that th
tem runs
> with hw acceleration or not. How can I find out
> if I use sw or hw rendering?
>
> "glxgears" gives me 205 fps on this P3-866 with
> a matrox G450. Is this accelerated?
Other people have essentially answered your question (look at the
output of "glxinfo&
On Monday October 11 2004 22:42, Terje Fåberg wrote:
> "glxgears" gives me 205 fps on this P3-866 with
> a matrox G450. Is this accelerated?
Have a look at the output of the "glxinfo" command. If there is a line like
"direct rendering: Yes" near the beginnin
on or not. How can I find out
> if I use sw or hw rendering?
>
Type 'glxinfo'. If there is a line with this:
direct rendering: Yes
(3rd line usually) then you have hardware accelleration enabled.
> "glxgears" gives me 205 fps on this P3-866 with
> a matrox G450. Is thi
on this P3-866 with
a matrox G450. Is this accelerated?
Regards,
Terje
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On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:56:26 + (UTC)
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a reason you are not using the usual X drivers?
It's a difficult decision, I guess. On the one hand Matrox presumably
know more about their cards than X people (unless they work for Matrox, of
course, but
On 16 Nov 2002 04:44:10 -0500, Mark L. Kahnt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Out of range errors - particularly when the monitor is reporting them
> too, have to do with monitor scanline settings that the monitor can't
> support - being too wide or too tall or too fast for a resolution. The
> graphi
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:32:55 +, Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have 4.2 working fine with the Matrox 450. The upgrade did break things
> at first. For some reason the new config file seemed to be the problem,
> and everything worked when I restored the previous one (generated
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:02:33 + (UTC)
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I won't try to reproduce the entire bug report here, but in a
> nutshell, with my original working config file for 4.1, which
> corresponds to a resolution of 1280x1024, the server tries to come up,
> but then hangs
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:26:09 + (UTC)
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I forgot to mention that shortly previous to this I had started having
> tracking problems with my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer mouse. It
> would occasionally freeze or not track properly. I was puzzled by
> this
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 01:02, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> Dear People,
>
> I am currently tracking sarge. My video card is the Matrox Millenium
> G450. Recently, X 4.2 arrived in sarge. As it turns out, it broke my
> working XF86Config-4 file for 4.1, though I didn't realise it right
> away, since I keep
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:02:33 + (UTC), Faheem Mitha
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am currently tracking sarge. My video card is the Matrox Millenium
> G450. Recently, X 4.2 arrived in sarge. As it turns out, it broke my
> working XF86Config-4 file for 4.1, though I didn't realise it right
> a
Dear People,
I am currently tracking sarge. My video card is the Matrox Millenium
G450. Recently, X 4.2 arrived in sarge. As it turns out, it broke my
working XF86Config-4 file for 4.1, though I didn't realise it right
away, since I keep the X server up and running for long periods.
I sent in a b
, 2001 at 10:09:39AM +0200, Martin Fluch wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to get the a Matrox G450 running under a quite up to date
> unstable system (XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, debian package version
> 4.1.0-9) of a friend of mine. Is this card already supported with this
> vers
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 10:09:39AM +0200, Martin Fluch wrote:
> I'm trying to get the a Matrox G450 running under a quite up to date
> unstable system (XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, debian package version
> 4.1.0-9) of a friend of mine.
Great idea, excellent card. I used to use a G450
Hi!
I'm trying to get the a Matrox G450 running under a quite up to date
unstable system (XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, debian package version
4.1.0-9) of a friend of mine. Is this card already supported with this
version of X (with the 4.1.0 it was/should have been)? So far I have the
idea, t
High,
>
> Greetings !
>
> I am trying to use a Matrox G450 with an IBM 6091 19 monitor [19"
> single
> freq] and get an unusable image on the screen, so far. [snowy, angular,
> semi-static, colors]
>
With a single frequency monitor you should allow
mout2-int.prodigy.net
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Subject: problems with Matrox G450 ?
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 10:09:34 -0500
From: Courtney Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greetings !
On Sunday 14 October 2001 08:53 pm, Abner Gershon wrote:
> I have a Matrox G450 AGP video card and will be
> attemptint to install 2.2r3 Potato shortly. Is it
> possible to get a graphical user interface working
> with this video card and 2.2r3? Will I need additional
> driver o
I have a Matrox G450 AGP video card and will be
attemptint to install 2.2r3 Potato shortly. Is it
possible to get a graphical user interface working
with this video card and 2.2r3? Will I need additional
driver or patch? Thanks.
__
Do You Yahoo
On Monday 24 September 2001 5:57 pm, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote:
> * Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Jason Boxman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > On Sunday 23 September 2001 02:28 pm, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > > > Anyone run a matrox g450?
>
On Monday 24 September 2001 01:59 pm, Remco van de Meent wrote:
> Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote:
> > > Mine tries to load the mga_hal module and fails, presumably
> > > because I haven't installed it. I take it you've downloaded the one
> > > from matrox.com? What does it do? Also, FWIW, if you don't
On Monday 24 September 2001 10:49 am, Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
> OK, thanks.
> Mine tries to load the mga_hal module and fails, presumably because I
> haven't installed it. I take it you've downloaded the one from
> matrox.com? What does it do?
The README for the HAL download at Matrox's
Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote:
> > Mine tries to load the mga_hal module and fails, presumably
> > because I haven't installed it. I take it you've downloaded the one
> > from matrox.com? What does it do? Also, FWIW, if you don't install
> > the matrox drivers, the 450 is only supported starting with
* Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Jason Boxman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Sunday 23 September 2001 02:28 pm, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > > Anyone run a matrox g450?
> > > I've got one working with kernel 2.4.8 and X 4.1.0, but it did
Jason Boxman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sunday 23 September 2001 02:28 pm, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > Anyone run a matrox g450?
> > I've got one working with kernel 2.4.8 and X 4.1.0, but it did
> > hang my box once. Maybe I should be using the drivers fr
On Sunday 23 September 2001 02:28 pm, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> Anyone run a matrox g450?
> I've got one working with kernel 2.4.8 and X 4.1.0, but it did
> hang my box once. Maybe I should be using the drivers from the
> Matrox site instead? The Matrox drivers need the cod
Anyone run a matrox g450?
I've got one working with kernel 2.4.8 and X 4.1.0, but it did
hang my box once. Maybe I should be using the drivers from the
Matrox site instead? The Matrox drivers need the code for X
4.0.2/4.0.3 to compile. I know, I know, I should just try it an
he video card on one of my boxes, and I'm thinking
> of getting a Matrox G450. I'd appreciate any comments on how well this
> card is working for people. I don't have any real need for dual-head
> support, so I don't plan on using the binary-only mga.o driver from
> M
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.
Quoth Gregory T. Norris,
> I need to replace the video card on one of my boxes, and I'm thinking
> of getting a Matrox G450. I'd appreciate any comments on how well this
> card is working for people. I don't have any real need for dual-head
> support, so I don'
* 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
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:39:43 -0500
"Gregory T. Norris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to replace the video card on one of my boxes, and I'm thinking
> of getting a Matrox G450. I'd appreciate any comments on how well this
> card is working for people.
I need to replace the video card on one of my boxes, and I'm thinking
of getting a Matrox G450. I'd appreciate any comments on how well this
card is working for people. I don't have any real need for dual-head
support, so I don't plan on using the binary-only mga.o drive
On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 09:10:20PM -0500, Matthew Garman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 06:54:09PM -0500, Matthew Garman wrote:
> > I replaced /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o with the file of the
> > same name from Matrox's website. I also dropped in the file names
> > mga_hal_drv.o fro
Hi Matthew,
I had exactly the same problem geting dri working on my G400 Dual Head
32Mb. What worked perfectly for me was a suggestion from someone on this
list! I copied their suggestions below. If you follow them you should
get everything working just fine. Remember though that you have to co
Quoth Matthew Garman,
> I'm trying to get DRI to work with my new Matrox Millenium g450. It's the
> dual head, 32 MB ram version. I only have one monitor, so I really don't
> need the second head :)
Yep, i have the same setup.
> Anyway, here's my setup:
>
> Debian v2.2 (potato), but with the
On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 06:54:09PM -0500, Matthew Garman wrote:
> I replaced /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o with the file of the
> same name from Matrox's website. I also dropped in the file names
> mga_hal_drv.o from the Matrox site.
This was my problem... in my haste, I didn't notice
Hello:
I'm trying to get DRI to work with my new Matrox Millenium g450. It's the
dual head, 32 MB ram version. I only have one monitor, so I really don't
need the second head :)
Anyway, here's my setup:
Debian v2.2 (potato), but with the XFree86 4.1.0 binaries installed from
people.debian.org
> This is apparently is problem with console framebuffer and X using similar
> portions of the card without syncronisation. This has been known for quite
> some time now. (Does it show I'm not familiar with the real technical
> reason? ;-))
I vaguely recall debconf asking me about whether X should
> This looks like the same problem that is reported with ati cards and xfree
> 4.1.
> Check the bug against xserver-xfree86.
> You can use 'consolechars -d' to restore your console.
Just looked at it. I suppose the bugs are related, but not the
same. In my case when I attempt to switch back to a c
This looks like the same problem that is reported with ati cards and xfree
4.1.
Check the bug against xserver-xfree86.
You can use 'consolechars -d' to restore your console.
Christophe
Le lun, 06 aoû 2001 21:43:45, Volker Schlecht a écrit :
> Hi,
>
>
> I just got both a
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Volker Schlecht wrote:
> My problem is however that apparently whenever I boot into one of the
> higher resolution VGA-console modes (using vesafb), I cannot switch
> back from X to the console.
This is apparently is problem with console framebuffer and X using similar
portion
Hi,
I just got both a Matrox G450 and Xfree 4.1.0 (from sid). Keep the
flamethrowers down: DRI worked within minutes ;-)
My problem is however that apparently whenever I boot into one of the
higher resolution VGA-console modes (using vesafb), I cannot switch
back from X to the console.
Starting
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is the G450 (Matrox millenium G450 card ) supported in xfree 4.0.3 (i.e.
> xserver-xfree86_4.0.3-4_i386.deb) ?
Yes.
> Looking at the release notes for xfree86 4.1.0
> (http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/RELNOTES.html) it seems that g450 support
> where first added in the 4.1
Is the G450 (Matrox millenium G450 card ) supported in xfree 4.0.3 (i.e.
xserver-xfree86_4.0.3-4_i386.deb) ?
Looking at the release notes for xfree86 4.1.0
(http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/RELNOTES.html) it seems that g450 support
where first added in the 4.1.0.
If I need xfree86 4.1.0 then http://p
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 10:31:29PM +, Sebastian Drews wrote:
...
> But you should provide more information (XFree86-3.x || XFree86-4.x?
> which mga driver? etc.)
for the record, Matrox G450 only works with XFree86-4.x (IIRC).
This version of X is included in testing, but unofficial deb
"Matt Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there any way I can config so that X will work with my video card? Or do
> I need to go pull my Mach64 out of my other box?
Definitively.
But you should provide more information (XFree86-3.x || XFree86-4.x?
which mga driver? etc.)
Sebastian
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Hi,
I tried to install Debian on my P3 box. Everything went well, anXious
detected the video card, but when I started X it was in 16 colors. I used
xf86config to change the default server to the SVGA rather than the VGA16,
and now the screen gets all screwed up and then it freezes and I cannot
Joachim Trinkwitz wrote:
> now I'm trying to get a Matrox Millenium G450 up and running under X
> (4.0.3). So far I have a more or less working solution with the
> framebuffer device, but it's far from being satisfactory.
>
> When trying the mga driver, X complains:
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 12:41:13AM +0200, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> now I'm trying to get a Matrox Millenium G450 up and running under X
> (4.0.3). So far I have a more or less working solution with the
> framebuffer device, but it's far from being satisfactory.
>
> When trying the m
Hi all,
now I'm trying to get a Matrox Millenium G450 up and running under X
(4.0.3). So far I have a more or less working solution with the
framebuffer device, but it's far from being satisfactory.
When trying the mga driver, X complains:
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal
(EE) MGA: Fail
Quoth Damon Muller,
> Quoth Frederik Vanrenterghem,
> > This is a link to the Matrox linux users forum. In this forum, you'll find
> > many questions regarding the G450 and X4.02. Essentially, it seems to boil
> > down to this: sorry, it doesn't work very well yet, wait for a driver
> > update.
>
Quoth Frederik Vanrenterghem,
> This is a link to the Matrox linux users forum. In this forum, you'll find
> many questions regarding the G450 and X4.02. Essentially, it seems to boil
> down to this: sorry, it doesn't work very well yet, wait for a driver
> update.
>
> If you do find a way to get
Damon Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi gang,
>
> After having bought a spanking-new Matrox G540 video card, I'm not able
> to get it to use drm/dri for accelerated 3d. This is mildly annoying, as
> I went and bought myself an expensive video-card so I could see the cool
> OpenGL XScreensav
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Damon Muller wrote:
>
> BTW, this is using the mga_drv.o module from the Matrox site (the
> standard X4 one does not work with the G450).
>
http://forum.matrox.com/cgi-bin/mgaforum/forumdisplay.cgi?
action=topics&forum=Linux&number=2&DaysPrune=30&LastLogin=
This is a link t
Hi gang,
After having bought a spanking-new Matrox G540 video card, I'm not able
to get it to use drm/dri for accelerated 3d. This is mildly annoying, as
I went and bought myself an expensive video-card so I could see the cool
OpenGL XScreensaver hacks!
I'm using X4.02 from testing (as of tonight
> Thanks for the clue. I will try this asap. I would like to know
> if in your XF86Config "Device" section you have an entry like:
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0" and Screen 0.
>
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Graphics Device"
Driver "mga"
EndSection
I only have one monito
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 22:27:08 +0100 (CET), Frederik Vanrenterghem said:
> Well, it turned out one has to do some nasty trick to get X up: after
> entering startx, all output is delivered to the second monitor port on the
> Matrox G450 card, so you have to hot-swap your monitor (if you&#
Well, it turned out one has to do some nasty trick to get X up: after
entering startx, all output is delivered to the second monitor port on the
Matrox G450 card, so you have to hot-swap your monitor (if you're working
in single-head mode like me) to get X up and running.
Dual-head has
mike wrote:
>
> I have been running the Mach64 xserver with my ATI graphics
> card and Samtron monitor. I replaced the ATI with a Matrox Millenium
> G450 16MB card and reconfigured XF86Config for the SVGA server
> recommended by xviddetect along with settings for my monitor sync.
>
I have been running the Mach64 xserver with my ATI graphics
card and Samtron monitor. I replaced the ATI with a Matrox Millenium
G450 16MB card and reconfigured XF86Config for the SVGA server
recommended by xviddetect along with settings for my monitor sync.
But every time i startx
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