kevin, The MGASDRAM option fixed the problem.
I now have a system with 5 working screens (2 G450 PCI Cards with 4 heads and 1 sis 630 AGP with 1 head). Thank you for your help and tell your co-worker thanks. Gregg On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 17:35, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Gregg Lebovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: 22 Oct 2002 16:39:09 -0400 > > > > I am trying to put together a linux system that will drive 4 to 6 heads > > for use in an transportation operations center. I am using Redhat 7.3, > > xfree86 4.2.0, and the xfree86 drivers from the Matrox site. > > > > I can get one card with 2 heads to work if the card is configured to be > > the primary video controller, however the secondary cards display "junk" > > (looks like memory is not being mapped properly). > > > > Has anyone gotten multiple G450 cards to work and if so can you share > > your configuration with me. Has anyone gotten a single G450 card to work > > as a secondary controller? > > A co-worker found the solution on the Matrox mail list. It appears to > be a problem with a dual controller system where one card is a Matrox. > > The magic for him was to use the XF86Config line of: > Options MGASDRAM > in the Device section. Just remove the '#'. > > This may not fix it, but it worked for him. (He has a 3 headed display > with a G450 and a Radeon 8500.) > > Good luck! > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
