Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.
On Saturday 13 December 2014 05:47:25 Ric Moore wrote: Our computers are the worst of mistresses. Logical, consistent, predictable, biddable ... oh yes, and demanding. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201412131055.47884.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.
From: Ric Moore wayward4...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500 Is this in a desktop machine? Can you remove the board? If so, is there a window nearby? Then, open the window and throw that board out. :) Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant. Older nVidia boards, ten times as capable as that Matrox device, go for $20, or less, all day long. Will see what else was donated. From: Sven Hartge s...@svenhartge.de Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:19:45 +0100 So, please, put this graphics card to rest and just use a cheap, fanless Nvidia or ATI ... See above. Thanks fellows, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://carnot.yi.org/ Bcc: peter at easthope. ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/E1XzcWz-000329-7n@dalton.invalid
Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.
On 12/12/2014 09:34 PM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: From: Ric Moore wayward4...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:37:09 -0500 Is this in a desktop machine? Can you remove the board? If so, is there a window nearby? Then, open the window and throw that board out. :) Will aim for a recycling bin about 2 km distant. Older nVidia boards, ten times as capable as that Matrox device, go for $20, or less, all day long. Will see what else was donated. From: Sven Hartge s...@svenhartge.de Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:19:45 +0100 So, please, put this graphics card to rest and just use a cheap, fanless Nvidia or ATI ... See above. Thanks fellows, ... Peter E. It's all heartbreak out there. Our computers are the worst of mistresses. But, you still love them. :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome. R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/548bd2ed.9050...@gmail.com
Two monitors on a Matrox G450.
A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2 indicates absence of signal. If the monitors are swapped across the output connectors, output 2 continues to indicate absence of a signal while output 1 works. From that I conclude that the monitors are OK. * Do the following reports help to localize the problem to the video adapter or to software? * Failed to get size of gamma for output default? * Other ideas? Thanks,... Peter E. = peter@joule:~$ lspci -v -s 01:00.0 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G400/G450 (rev 85) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. Millennium G450 32Mb SDRAM Du al Head Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at f200 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Memory at fe9fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Memory at fe00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Expansion ROM at fe9c [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: access denied Kernel driver in use: matrox_w1 peter@joule:~$ lsmod | grep matrox matrox_w1 12547 0 wire 19207 1 matrox_w1 peter@joule:~$ lsmod | grep mga mga26157 1 drm 146387 2 mga peter@joule:~$ xrandr Can't open display peter@joule:~$ xrandr -d :0 xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768 default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 87.0*75.0 85.0 60.0 70.0 832x62475.0 800x60085.0 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 840x52560.0 700x52560.0 640x51260.0 720x45060.0 640x48085.0 75.0 67.0 60.0 73.0 720x40070.0 85.0 680x38460.0 640x40085.0 576x43275.0 70.0 60.0 640x35085.0 512x38487.0 85.0 75.0 70.0 60.0 416x31275.0 400x30085.0 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0 320x24085.0 360x20085.0 peter@joule:~$ xrandr -d :1 Can't open display :1 = -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://carnot.yi.org/ Bcc: peter at easthope. ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/E1Xz5qZ-0001O0-OB@dalton.invalid
Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 adapter. Both monitors display the command line interface. With X running, the monitor on output 1 is active; the monitor on output 2 indicates absence of signal. If the monitors are swapped across the output connectors, output 2 continues to indicate absence of a signal while output 1 works. From that I conclude that the monitors are OK. * Do the following reports help to localize the problem to the video adapter or to software? * Failed to get size of gamma for output default? * Other ideas? Dual-Monitor wirh a G450 only works with a binary-only HAL from Matrox (no longer available) which must be compatible with your X-Version. Conclusion: Dual-Monitor with a G450 on a newer Debian Version than maybe Lenny or Etch is not possible. Sorry. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/2b7f6t8d6...@mids.svenhartge.de
Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.
On 12/11/2014 10:40 AM, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: A CRT monitor and an IBM flat monitor are connected to a Matrox G450 adapter. Please, I am not trying to be rude here. cackles but here it comes... Is this in a desktop machine? Can you remove the board? If so, is there a window nearby? Then, open the window and throw that board out. :) Older nVidia boards, ten times as capable as that Matrox device, go for $20, or less, all day long. I had a very old 5200 running two monitors. It was shaky as merry hell, but it worked. Didja try here?: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/download/?id=143 (this is from 2006) ...or root around in here?: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/previous/menu/ Otherwise, try apt-get install matroxset and see if that helps. Synaptic recommends several other packages as well, searching on matrox. OR, just expect less of this video setup and live with it. If you have an older laptop with Matrox chipset video in it, I guess there isn't a lot of hope there for what you want to do, as Sven mentioned. I have to give them credit, it seems that Matrox is now more for industrial video wall setups nowadays, big time. Good luck! :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome. R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/548a0e85.5040...@gmail.com
Re: Two monitors on a Matrox G450.
Ric Moore wayward4...@gmail.com wrote: Didja try here?: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/download/?id=143 (this is from 2006) This contains the HAL I was talking about. From the README: , | A working installation of XFree86 4.3.0, and X.org versions 6.7.0, | 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7.0.0 is required before the binaries | can be installed. ` X.org 7.0 was released in December 2005, 9 years ago. You might be able to use this driver with Debian Etch. But then DVI does not work with anything newer than XFree86 4.2: , | The DualHead Multi-Display - Merged feature is available on G450- | and G550- based products only. Please take note that this feature | does not support DVI monitors in XFree86 4.3.0, and X.org versions | 6.7.0, 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.8.2, 6.9.0, 7.0.0. ` XFree86 4.2 was released in 2002, 12 years go. So, please, put this graphics card to rest and just use a cheap, fanless Nvidia or ATI on. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/4b7ft6jd6...@mids.svenhartge.de
