I also saw this when trying to install the module using the edgy version. The problem, identified in the Debian upstream bug reports, is that the edgy version is old and doesn't compile on the edgy kernel. The fix is to use the latest (feisty) version, which has the fixes.
Here's what worked for me: Install mga-vid-common from the normal edgy repository (avoids a libc dependency in the fiesty version) Download, compile and install the latest feisty mga-vid-source. You can ignore the old README directions and use the Debian module tools to make the module. e.g. wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/mga-vid/mga-vid-source_1.55-1.2_i386.deb dpgk -i mga-vid-source_1.55-1.2_i386.deb cd /usr/src m-a update,prepare m-a a-i mga-vid depmod -a # test it out modprobe mga_vid tail /var/log/syslog Dec 19 20:33:28 atlas kernel: [ 349.105711] Matrox MGA G200/G400/G450/G550 YUV Video interface v2.01 (c) Aaron Holtzman & A'rpi Dec 19 20:33:28 atlas kernel: [ 349.105746] mga_vid: Found MGA G400/G450 at 0000:01:00.0 Dec 19 20:33:28 atlas kernel: [ 349.105814] mga_vid: MMIO at 0xf6050000 framebuffer: 0xE2000000 Dec 19 20:33:28 atlas kernel: [ 349.105829] mga_vid: OPTION word: 0x50044120 mem: 0x10 SGRAM Dec 19 20:33:28 atlas kernel: [ 349.105839] mga_vid: detected RAMSIZE is 32 MB Dec 19 20:33:28 atlas kernel: [ 349.105847] mga_vid: 1 supported cards found Dec 19 20:33:28 atlas kernel: [ 349.105986] mga_vid: using major: 83 (assigned or default!) # all is good The only issue I found is that the 1.55-1.2 module creates its device as /dev/mga_vid0 rather than the /dev/mga_vid that mga_vid_test and mplayer expect. I added this line to /etc/modutils/mga-vid-common to fix that issue: post-install mga_vid ln --force -s /dev/mga_vid0 /dev/mga_vid One last thing is that I found the output of mga_vid_test garbled when I ran it at a text-mode console but when I used a framebuffer console (e.g. vga=0x305 in the kernel boot parameter line), the Matrox output was correct. It also worked with mplayer as expected (which was the desired end-result). Regards, Tim -- mga-vid-source fails to compile https://launchpad.net/bugs/64632 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
