You have the wrong driver. Head to the webpage. www.matrox.com/mga Follow the links and download two things.
The PowerDesk software, and the beta driver for the DualHead. Install the driver, then install the PowerDesk software. Run the PowerDesk software to configure your DualHead, then restart XWindows. Works like a charm. I'm running a 1.2 Athlon, 512 MG RAM, Mandrake 8.0. The only reason I had any problems with the install, was because the Matrox website went down the weekend I was trying to do this, and I couldn't find the beta driver I needed on the FTP site. IT should take you about 15 minutes to do the above depending on your download speeds. tdh -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Thanks, Alex for the reply... | | I did define 2 devices, 2 screens and ServerLayout as you've described. Only | difference is, I did not specify "Option AGPMode 1" in the Devices section. | I have a Matrox Millennium G400 which works in Windows98 but not in Mandrake | 8.0. | | I am using the mga_drv.o driver that came with the LM8.0 distribution. | Should I download the mga driver from the Matrox website? I seem to remember | reading somewhere that the "mga" driver in LM8.0 distribution is broken... | | Thanks, | Carlo. | | -----Original Message----- | From: Alexander Poslavsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:07 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: [expert] Xinerama on Mandrake 8.0 with Matrox G400 | | | On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:37:28 -0400 | "DelaCruz, Carlo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | DC> Hi, | DC> | DC> Can someone help me configure my Matrox G400 dual-head for Mandrake 8.0? | | To get dualhead working you need to config your G400 card as 2 different | devices. Here is the section from my X config: | | Section "Device" | Identifier "G400_1" | Driver "mga" | Option "AGPMode" "1" | BusID "PCI:1:0:0" | EndSection | | Section "Device" | Identifier "G400_2" | Driver "mga" | BusID "PCI:1:0:0" | Screen 1 | EndSection | | Note that if you don't have a wonderful dualhead card you can run 2 | different cards in the same way. This means you have to dig up a PCI | graphics card (I've never seen a motherboard with two AGP slots) but they | aren't too hard to find. This also means that you can run 3, 4, 5, ... | screens if you like (and if you have desk space for all these monitors) | | You need to setup 2 Screen sections like you would normally and then a | ServerLayout section: | | Section "ServerLayout" | Screen "Screen 1" RightOf "Screen 2" | Screen "Screen 2" 0 0 | InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" | InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" | Option "Xinerama" | EndSection | | Xinerama breaks anti-aliasing so ymmv | taken from : | http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/article.php?sid=256&mode=&order=0 | (I used it to get mplayer running) | | AP | | -- | You know you've spent too much time on the computer when you spill milk and | the first thing you think is, 'edit, undo.' | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -----------------------------Uptime ------------------------------- 7:48AM up 8 days, 20:27, 5 users, load averages: 0.11, 0.05, 0.02 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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