* Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Jason Boxman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sunday 23 September 2001 02:28 pm, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > Anyone run a matrox g450? > > > I've got one working with kernel 2.4.8 and X 4.1.0, but it did > > > hang my box once. Maybe I should be using the drivers from the > > > Matrox site instead? The Matrox drivers need the code for X > > > 4.0.2/4.0.3 to compile. I know, I know, I should just try it and see, > > > but it's a bit of a pain to build/test etc., so if you have any > > > g450 experiences to share, please do.. > > > > Well, my G400 works with the default X4.1 drivers. It seems to load the > > mga_hal module that Matrox providers for G200/4xx cards though. The > > mga_hal > > might only be necessary for the G450, I don't remember. > > OK, thanks. > Mine tries to load the mga_hal module and fails, presumably because I > haven't installed it. I take it you've downloaded the one from > matrox.com? What does it do? > Also, FWIW, if you don't install the matrox drivers, the 450 is only > supported starting with X 4.1.0. > > -chris
On my G400 mga_hal prevents dri from being enabled. I assume that's because mga_hal was compiled for ╬4.0 and they haven't updated it for 4.1, yet. Everything seems to work beautifully WITHOUT any Matrox drivers even though mga_hal load failure message shows up in XFree86 log. Someone else posted similar experiences for their G450 on this list before, too. Alex. ----------------------- Oleksandr Moskalenko Department of Agronomy Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------- My PGP public key can be found at http://www.tagancha.org/pgp ---------------- Public key ID and fingerprint ----------------- pub 1024D/6C5F196B 2001-08-17 Oleksandr V. Moskalenko (Alex) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fingerprint = EE63 C471 ADBA 5D80 ADFB 1054 DA28 6F32 6C5F 196B ----------------------------------------------------------------