It somewhat depends on which sub-model you have. I have a G550 card with one analog (traditional vga) and one digital (DVI) output socket. In console mode both ouputs work fine (although being somewhat pointless, since they show exactly the same output), but I have never been able to get the DVI output work with X.
If you want to try, you should start out by downloading Matrox's proprietary X modules from their homepage, and by reading the somewhat cryptical instructions there. X has no native support for the DVI output on G550 (this is stated explicitly on XFree86's homepage). If someone else managed to get DVI output to work with X on a G550, I'm very interested in knowing how that happened. :-) (My attempt is a few months old, so it is possible something has been updated since then too) // Joel On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Raimar Sandner wrote: > Hi! > > Is it possible to have a dual head linux frame buffer console with a > matrox G550 graphics card? XFree86 is working fine in dual head > mode, I just wonder if one can have tty1 on a different monitor than > tty2. > > What kernel configure options are necessary, do I need special > programs / kernel patches? > > Thank you! > > Raimar Sandner > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
