Re: G400 vs. DRM

2001-11-18 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
> (WW) Open APM failed > (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mga_hal > (WW) MGA(0): Video BIOS info block not detected! > (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) > > Just in case it would shed any light, I am running Athlon on Biostar > M7MKA motherboard... > > Thanks

Re: G400 vs. DRM

2001-11-18 Thread Eugene Tyurin
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 12:23:23AM -0500, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: > > Eugene, > > To my untrained eye this log doesn't really show if dri was loaded. I > had the same log, but dri didn't work on my G400. I apologize if I > needlesly reiterate what you've already done, but I believe that in

Re: G400 vs. DRM

2001-11-17 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm having trouble with this strange error message from bzflag (.deb > 1.7e2-1) and GL in general: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bzflag > libGL error: failed to open DRM: Operation not permitted > libGL error: reverting to (slow) indirect r

RE: G400

2001-11-16 Thread Kris Huber
PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: G400 Kris Huber said: > If anyone has an idea why my Matrox G400 output isn't always > looking great under v3.3.6, I'd appreciate suggestions! It's not > too bad, but a little annoying. i ran it under xfree 3.3.6 up unt

Re: G400

2001-11-15 Thread John Hasler
> I recently changed from using the unstable distribution to the stable > one. In the process I ended up changing from XFree86 v4 to v3.3.6. I > never noticed any display problems under v4, yet under v3.3.6 I've > noticed that vertical colored lines sometimes appear when areas are > "re-painted"

RE: G400

2001-11-15 Thread nate
Kris Huber said: > If anyone has an idea why my Matrox G400 output isn't always > looking great under v3.3.6, I'd appreciate suggestions! It's not > too bad, but a little annoying. i ran it under xfree 3.3.6 up until about 50 days ago, it ran perfect. never had a single drawing issue. i don't us

RE: G400

2001-11-15 Thread Kris Huber
I have a G400 and know that there is support in X v4. In fact I believe the support in v4 is better than in v3.3.6. I recently changed from using the unstable distribution to the stable one. In the process I ended up changing from XFree86 v4 to v3.3.6. I never noticed any display problems under

Re: G400

2001-11-15 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Tom Allison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have this Matrox G400 video card that's supposed to be really spiffy > (or was, in it's day). > I'm just trying to confirm the support in X v4. > > It seems that this card has taken a serious step back in basic > performance. I'm not talking about fr

Re: G400 DRI

2001-03-22 Thread Allan M. Wind
Sorry, that should have been private mail. /Allan -- Allan M. Wind email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.O. Box 2022 finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GPG/PGP) Woburn, MA 01888-0022 USA pgpE185wSOlOt.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: G400 DRI

2001-03-22 Thread Allan M. Wind
On 2001-03-21 21:42:32, Nuhn Yobiznez wrote: > Have you looked in your /var/log/XFree86.log to see if > it is enabling DRI? I have a couple of DRI lines: (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI (II) MGA(0): Offscreen memory usage will be limited to 512 lines if the DRI is enabled. > What kernel are

Re: G400, DRI, X4, and 4 million dollars

2000-11-05 Thread Adam Lazur
Mike Cathcart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Well, ok, I lied, but who was going to read another boring email about the > G400 and DRI? Well, enough for sensationalistic email... [ snip ] > glxinfo output: > [ snip ] > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect > OpenGL version string:

Re: g400 framebuffer-update

2000-03-09 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 02:38:15AM -0500, Aaron Solochek wrote: > Apparently, my g400max, with kernel 2.2.14, doesn't like videomodes over > 8bit color. The computer boots with whatever video mode I want, but > will not sync if the color depth is greater than 8 bits. I can drive > the monitor at

Re: G400 high-res problem

1999-11-29 Thread Aaron Solochek
Well, for what its worth, I am using a g400max with no problem, but not with xfree, with acceleratedX. -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greg Schulein wrote: > On the contrary, every reply helps. If others are using the G400 > successfully, I'll conclude my card is defective and get a replace

Re: G400 high-res problem

1999-11-29 Thread Greg Schulein
On the contrary, every reply helps. If others are using the G400 successfully, I'll conclude my card is defective and get a replacement. Thanks, Greg Mark Zimmerman wrote: > > I'm using a G400 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with XFree86 3.3.5 and have > no problems with it. My monitor is a Sony 400PS. I

Re: G400 high-res problem

1999-11-29 Thread Mark Zimmerman
I'm using a G400 at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with XFree86 3.3.5 and have no problems with it. My monitor is a Sony 400PS. I also recall that I used 3.3.4 for a time without incident. The 3.3.4 experience was with slink; now using potato. Sorry to have been no help. - Mark On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 07:13:

Re: G400 high-res problem

1999-11-28 Thread Greg Schulein
I noticed this warning also. The mga_24bpp_fix option didn't help my problem, though. Thanks, Greg aphro wrote: > > I'm not a matrox user myself(yet) but i do see this: > > http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/MGA4.html#5 > >On some Millennium II cards the driver shows severe distortions with > 2

Re: G400 high-res problem

1999-11-28 Thread aphro
I'm not a matrox user myself(yet) but i do see this: http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/MGA4.html#5 On some Millennium II cards the driver shows severe distortions with 24bpp in modes above about 1024x768. We hope to have automated the detection and fix of this problem. If it still occurs, putting