Ah sorry, ignore this post. I should read better before replying. I can 
only blame monday morning for this. 

Bah, someone shoot me please.

  // Joel

On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Joel Palmius wrote:

> It somewhat depends on which sub-model you have. I have a G550 card with
> one analog (traditional vga) and one digital (DVI) output socket. In 
> console mode both ouputs work fine (although being somewhat pointless, 
> since they show exactly the same output), but I have never been able to 
> get the DVI output work with X. 
> 
> If you want to try, you should start out by downloading Matrox's
> proprietary X modules from their homepage, and by reading the somewhat
> cryptical instructions there. X has no native support for the DVI output
> on G550 (this is stated explicitly on XFree86's homepage). 
> 
> If someone else managed to get DVI output to work with X on a G550, I'm 
> very interested in knowing how that happened. :-)
> 
> (My attempt is a few months old, so it is possible something has been 
> updated since then too)
> 
>   // Joel
> 
> 
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Raimar Sandner wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Is it possible to have a dual head linux frame buffer console with a
> > matrox G550 graphics card? XFree86 is working fine in dual head
> > mode, I just wonder if one can have tty1 on a different monitor than
> > tty2. 
> > 
> > What kernel configure options are necessary, do I need special
> > programs / kernel patches?
> > 
> > Thank you! 
> > 
> > Raimar Sandner
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