Thnaks for the info - This all started from trying to run quake 3 Arena in
linux - it crashes with an OpenGL message - I thought is was a video card
problem so I set it up to use xfree 3.3.6 to no avail - I'll post the exact
error message to the group next time....
Regards
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 7:52 AM
Subject: RE: [expert] Matrox G200 configuration in LM7.2
>
> On 12-Feb-2001 Joseph Markham wrote:
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > LM 7.2 insists in telling me that my video card is a G200 4Mb, when I
> > know it is a G200 8Mb SDRAM. I've run Drakconf countless times to
> > change the configuration but to no avail. Any ideas?
>
>
> Same here. You'll also note that the bus type listed is PCI ... so much
> for detection. I did a dmesg after installing and all 8 megs were
> detected. Also if you look at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (or appplicable file)
> you'll see a section like:
>
> -------
> # **********************************************************************
> # Graphics device section
> # **********************************************************************
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic VGA"
> Driver "vga"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Matrox Millennium G200 4MB"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> BoardName "Unknown"
> Driver "mga"
> VideoRam 8192
> # Clock lines
> -----------
>
> So X knows the real video ram, and the available resolutions/depths
> definitely correspond with 8 Megs. It must be a bug in whatever reads the
> identifier. I wouldn't worry about it though. Your system is most
> probably using all your video ram.
>
> dave.
>
>
>
