On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 12:07:00AM +0000, SlowServers Admin wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Matrox MGA G200eW video card (integrated) that I'd like to run > X on. > > It's on a Supermicro H8SCM motherboard. > > With a amd64 install of 7.9, I'm unable to startx or run Xenodm with it. > > I'll attach dmesg and the Xorg log. Interestingly, the Xorg log was > different (and still didn't work) when remote serial access was enabled. > > I'd appreciate any pointers on what I can try next. In the meanwhile, > I've been using a ATI HD5450 which has been working well, but draws more > power than I'd like for what I'm using it for. >
Hi, The mga(4) driver requires the aperture driver to access the hardware. You need to set machdep.allowaperture=2 in /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot. See xf86(4) for more information.. -- Matthieu Herrb
