Have you tried running mouseconfig?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Goudie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7 and Matrox G450?
> I followed the advice you guys provided and I managed to get XFree86 4.0.3
> working with my Matrox G450 video card.
>
> But, now my Microsoft IntelliMouse won't work correctly. As soon as I
move
> my mouse, the mouse cursor flies to the top-right corner of the screen and
> won't come out no matter how I move the mouse.
>
> Has anybody got any clues for this situation?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cameron Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 12:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Red Hat 7 and Matrox G450?
>
>
> > On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 07:22:27PM -0400, Ray Goudie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > | I just installed Red Hat Linux 7.
> > | First off, I could not install in GUI mode because the installation
hung
> > | while trying to start X11.
> > | So, I installed in text mode. This seemed to go fine until it was
time
> to
> > | run X11Configure. The display did not look correct. The image was
very
> > | wavy and I only saw a portion of the whole virtual screen.
> > | I have a Matrox G450 Dual-Head video card.
> >
> > I have done both RH7.0 and RH7.1beta2 (wolverine) with G450s.
> >
> > For RH7.0 I have been doing this:
> >
> > you get XFree86 4.0.1. For this you need the mga.o driver from
> Matrox's
> > site. (Note: that driver won't work with 4.0.2). Doing the install
we
> do
> > it in text mode and _skip_ the test-the-video stage at the end. Then
> > mover the 4.0.1 mga.o sideays and install Matrox's. Happy.
> >
> > For RH7.1beta2 (wolverine) I did this last Friday:
> >
> > I grabbed the XFree86 4.0.3 RPMs from the rawhide distro (see any
> > mirror). So: text mode wolverine install, again _skipping_ the
> > video test at the end. Then upgrade the RPMs. Because of the
> dependencies
> > I ended up fetching these:
> >
> > Mesa-3.4-13.i386.rpm XFree86-V4L-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> > Mesa-demos-3.4-13.i386.rpm XFree86-xdm-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> > Mesa-devel-3.4-13.i386.rpm XFree86-xf86cfg-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> > XFree86-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm XFree86-xfs-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> > XFree86-devel-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm XFree86-Xnest-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> > XFree86-libs-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> >
> > Drop them into a directory, cd there, say:
> >
> > rpm -Fv *.rpm
> >
> > It should go ok. Then as root say:
> >
> > XFree86 -configure
> >
> > It gets it right first time, but test it as it tells you. If happy,
> > install the new config file as /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for all to use.
> > By default it chooses 8 bit colour. Ick. hack it to use 16 or 24.
> > (I just cheat and pass the "-depth 16" option to the server at
start).
> >
> > I'm now happily running at 1792x1344.
> >
> > It is my belief that the 4.0.3 XFree86 RPMs should install perfectly
> happily
> > on RH7.0, too, saving the hassle of getting the Matrox-supplied driver.
I
> > will have to find a guinea pig for this this coming week.
> > --
> > Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
> >
> > ...the problem is not what is in front of the eyepiece but is often what
> is
> > behind it. - Don Farra
> >
> >
> >
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