Package: xserver-xorg-video-mga Version: 1:1.2.1.3.dfsg.1-2 Severity: normal
I have not been able to determine whether this package is *supposed* to work with DVI output on a Matrox G550 card. Does regular single-head DVI operation require special Matrox modules? It would be splendid if the package description would say whether it is supposed to provide basic DVI functionality or not. The strategy of just trying it does not work in my case because xorg is not working for me. I get signal out of range even with correctly specified frequency ranges, and even with a bizarre extremely narrow range of frequencies, X launches but has strange non-resizing -dpi and extremely ugly font behavior. (Perhaps it should be obvious to me whether this means the card is working.) The man page is unclear. It says "The second head of dual-head cards is supported for the G450 and G550" which implies that DVI works unless there are dual VGA versions of those cards. But then it says "[t]hat module ... may be necessary to use the DVI (digital) output on the G550 ...." which implies that it might or might not work, and doesn't say when it might and when it might not. When might it? The xorg web sites don't seem to say (there is a broken link), and the Matrox forums are hideously complicated on the point due to various versions of xorg and Matrox modules and people who are overclocking and using special DRI thingies for gaming. What's a person who just wants basic functionality to do? So a package description that simply states whether it is supposed to work or not (and thus whether the user needs to go on a wild goose chase getting Matrox's unsupported proprietary closed-source black-box obviously non-dfsg modules to work) would be great. A hint on what to do if you need the proprietary driver would be beyond great, somewhere in the fantastic to superlative range. (I am unsure whether to downgrade to Sarge xfree86 or earlier, forge ahead fixing xorg, figure out how to use the proprietary driver, reinstall etch, or replace my card. Guidance from the package description and man page would simplify those choices.) If the driver is slowly picking away at the closed-source, kind of working and kind of not but expected to improve and would users please report bugs -- that sort of thing -- that would be good to mention. Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16myver Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-mga depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-8 X.Org X server -- core server xserver-xorg-video-mga recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]