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Subject: Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and Mandrake 8
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 14:01:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Anthony Moulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There is a known issue with the Matrox G450 and Xfree86 4.0.2 (and 4.0.1 I
believe) where it activates the second header when going into X. This
means that it outputs your display on port 2 instead of port 1. The only
fix for this I have heard so far is to install the binary files from the
Matrox web site. Do you install, but do not test X. Complete everything
else. Boot up into failsafe mode, copy the files over as directed and
then try starting X. You should be all set. I found that setting up my
G450 was very easy after downloading the updated drivers. I even have DRI
support which makes watching DVDs and such much much nicer.
Good luck.
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote:
> I just bought a Matrox G450. Works great in Win98. However I decided to
> reinstall Mandrake from 8 pre-beta to 8 beta. When it was time to setup X,
> I chose 24 bit 1024x768, and XFree 4.02 3D with acceleration. When asked if
> I wanted to test X I chose yes, and the monitor went off. After 10 minutes
> I just decided to reboot. The boot disk wont work "unable to mount root
> fs". Any help with the Matrox Card?
>
>
> Brian D. Klar - CVE
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