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 > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
