(Hi - I tried to post this last night, but it obviously didn't make it to the list)
I am a somewhat new xfree86 user, and am trying to use a new matrox millenium p750 on FreeBSD 5.1. It is an AGP card, and I have two monitors connected, both by the DVI cables.
I have installed XFree86 Version 4.3.0 from the FreeBSD ports collection.
My first step was to run:
X -configure
and then try to start the new config with:
startx -- -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new
This causes the screen to turn green momentarily, and then my monitor loses signal.
Please note that the XF86config.new ended up with:
Driver "VESA" BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
In the Device section.
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So then I tried:
Driver "mga"
and I got:
(++) Using config file: "/root/XF86config.new" (EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error: no screens found
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So, a few questions:
1) you'll note I am not attempting dual head, or anything special - I just want to start X with my monitor and this graphics card - is this possible with the mga driver ?
I used to have a Matrox Millenium and it worked fine with the mga driver. I'm not using BSD and I don't have a video card on my mb...
2) if not ... what needs to be done ?
Run the BSD equivalent of the Linux utility 'lspci' to see what video cards your OS sees.
3) do I need to make any provisions in my config file for the fact that I am running this card on the AGP port ? Or will BusID "PCI:1:0:0" work ok with my AGP port ?
You shouldn't need that. My guess is that you can try it.
4) my motherboard has a built-in VGA card ... but it outputs nothing when I have the matrox p750 in there, so ... should I worry about disabling it in the bios anyway ? Is it interfering in any way ?
I'd disable it in the BIOS. It shouldn't interfere but... :-(
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