On Fri, 9 May 2003 07:23 pm, Hartmut Henkel wrote: > is there anybody out there who is successfully using sarge xfree with a > Matrox G550 graphics card? Kernel 2.4.20-1-K7. > > When I try starting gdm, the graphics card shakes the monitor back and > forth and tries to get into graphics mode, without success, and this > goes forever! I know that this should normally stop after about the 3rd > attempt. > > And, do I need to install a kernel module (which one?) for the G550? (I > believe not, as this is only for extended VGA terminal operation, > right?) I tried to load module matroxfb_misc, but then the screen got > black already during the boot process. > > Or do I still have to wait for xfree 4.3?
Is this is with the "mga" driver provided with XFree86, or with the binary drivers from Matrox? Have you had the the X set up successfully with a different card? t -- GPG : http://n12turbo.com/tarragon/public.key
