* Gary Jennejohn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
local.freebsd.questions writes:
Define WITH_MATROX_GXX_DRIVER to include Matrox's extra
HALLIB binary driver
And indeed it then pulled down drivers from the Matrox
site and I see mga_hal is loaded in the X log. Amazing!
I had thought that these drivers were for Linux only.
It's not a driver, it's a moduke for X and apparently is pretty
much OS independent.
The question immediately arises, in what way is XFree86
better with these drivers (on a G400) than the normal
open-source drivers? If it's only enabling TV out then
on a bog-standard G400 I won't see any benefit I guess.
I don't know about the G400, but's it's the only way I can use the
DVI output on my G550.
I can't address the other questions.
Here is more info about the HAL library:
ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/archive/linux/2001/powerdesk_1_00_7/readme_pdesk.txt
a relevant snippet:
The Matrox HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) library is required
to enable DualHead, TV output, and digital flat panel support with
G400-based graphics hardware. The HAL library is required for
certain PowerDesk features such as adjusting refresh rates and
display positioning, and using DualHead Multi-Display - Merged
mode.
mike
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