I had the same problem. I used the drivers from the matrox site
(mgadrivers-2.0.tgz)
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/lnx_200.cfm
Then disable framebuffers and make sure you don't have a duplicate mouse
entry in XF86Config-4:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "mga"
#Option "UseFBDev" "true"
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
#InputDevice "Generic Mouse
David Sanders
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:03 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: G550 / XFree86
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>
> I found a volume of information, but seem to be missing something.
> I use a matrox G550, and when I installed, X would not run (the actual
> error is (EE) No devices detected). There's bound to be a FAQ
> somewhere, but I'm having trouble finding such a beast in text mode. I
> found a bunch of references to G400s, but not too much in the g550 area.
>
> I have upgraded now to xfree 4.2.1, but the driver still does not appear
> to be finding the card. Is there some support package I must also
> upgrade?
>
> Tom
>
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