Well, I can't even get the G550 to work alone, much less along with 
another card. I also see this screen distortion in dual-head mode. I 
believe it is due to the Matrox driver using incorrect timings on the 
second head, but I don't have the hours and hours to spend tweaking 
the modelines to try and get it working.

And I still haven't found anyone who can explain to me why DVI output 
works without the HAL module. According to both the XFree86 and Matrox 
documentation, DVI shouldn't work at all without HAL. And when I do 
use HAL, neither the panel nor the CRT gets a good signal.

Basically, if I do what the manual says, nothing works. Only by doing 
what the manual specifically says DOES NOT WORK do I actually get the 
thing to work.

Oh, and in single-head mode, the display (DVI) blanks to black every 
couple of seconds. More often when a lot seems to be changing on the 
screen. I believe this is probably also related to incorrect timings.

And yes, I've tried "NoCompositeSync" and it makes no difference 
whatsoever.

If anyone out there has the G550 working, driving a DVI panel without 
this annoying blanking, can you please post your modelines to the 
list? I think having the correct modelines could be the ticket to 
getting dual-head to work with the HAL driver.

Thanks,
Scott Long

>4) Using the Matrox drivers, both displays turn on but the secondary 
>has some serious psychedelic visuals on it and the first has some 
>mouse pointer issues.  Personally, I'd rather use the XFree drivers 
>if they can be made to work.
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