[expert] matrox G450
Hey all, just setting up Mandrake 8.0 on my new system with a Matrox G450 Dual Head video card (only using head 1 right now) and having some issues.. It seesm when I leave X, I can;t see anything in any consoles. This occurs whether i log out, or change to a different tty. I've tried upgrading the driver provided my matrox, but it hasn't worked... Was wondering if anyone had any further experience with this and might be able to shed some light on it for me Cheers Current Linux kernel 2.4.3-20mdk uptime: 14 days 0 hours 44 minutes.
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 ..
Hello dean and all experts.. it will be great if you express any information on the difference between these 2 cards the vendor has given me telling that its the latest one.. even after I stressed him to give me g400 32MB. please help sincerely, prasad. Happy Day, Prasad, B.V.L.S., Research Scholar. * AIM OF SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURE : NATURE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY * _ __ ___ ___ ___ |Thought| | Fourier| | | |Different| | Fourier | |Structure| | waves |--|Analysis|--|NATURE|--|Forms of |--|Synthesis|--| of| | | || | | |Knowledge| | | | NATURE | |___| || |__| |_| |_| |_| * [EMAIL PROTECTED] PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY ...Shiva * On Mon, 21 May 2001, Dean S. Messing wrote: Hello Prasad. I have (I hope) a G450 in my system running Mdk 8.0, which I thought had 32 MB of RAM as well. I just started Harddrake. Like you, I have seeing it return G400 with 16MB of memory. I'm now concerned. It is a new machine and I have not tried any highspeed graphics, but I've been told that the Matrox boards don't have the fastest graphics. For that you need Nvidia or voodoo. But I'm not into graphics yet so I really don't know what I'm talking about. Let me know what you find out please. I will also let you what the manufacterer of my system (Advanced System Labs) says. Dean
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 .. -- Mem size.
B.V.L.S.Prasad wrote: Hello dean and all experts.. it will be great if you express any information on the difference between these 2 cards the vendor has given me telling that its the latest one.. even after I stressed him to give me g400 32MB. please help sincerely, prasad. Happy Day, Prasad, B.V.L.S., Research Scholar. Hi all I never held one of this cards, but I know that at boot time, the card shows up the memory on it, and the BIOS version, chipset, etc... Your question should be answered by this, I hope. Best Regards -- Leonardo T. de Carvalho Ibiz Tecnologia Frase aleatória: But officer, I was only trying to gain enough speed so I could coast to the nearest gas station.
[expert] Matrox G450 and G400 ..More info...More interesting.
Hi , one more interesting thing I observed: I bought Matrox G450 I informed in earlier mail: In LM8.0 through harddrake, its showing g400 and 16MB , but interestingly, in the XF86Config-4 it identifies the name of the card as g450 automagically complicating the situation... In windows98 Hardware devices: its showing g450 and 32MB. There is something going onand its interesting... Which one is correct...windows/Linux ... ? Which is more manipulative ..windows/linux...? Which is more reliable ...windows/linux... ? can anybody throw some light on this issue It will be very usefull to all the user community... and it has to be brought to the notice of Matrox Manufacturing Community also...and also to the harddrake developers... suggestions or help please... sincerely, prasad. On Mon, 21 May 2001, Dean S. Messing wrote: Hello Prasad. I have (I hope) a G450 in my system running Mdk 8.0, which I thought had 32 MB of RAM as well. I just started Harddrake. Like you, I have seeing it return G400 with 16MB of memory. I'm now concerned. It is a new machine and I have not tried any highspeed graphics, but I've been told that the Matrox boards don't have the fastest graphics. For that you need Nvidia or voodoo. But I'm not into graphics yet so I really don't know what I'm talking about. Let me know what you find out please. I will also let you what the manufacterer of my system (Advanced System Labs) says. Dean
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 .. -- Mem size.
B.V.L.S.Prasad wrote: Hi leonard and Experts, earlier I had RIVA TNT2 ...that was showing the ram as you have expressed at the boot time...but Matrox card is not showing.. is it Matrox peculiarity..or my system problem... Does Matrox CARD show the VRAM at boot time... can any body clear this point thankyou for the help prasad. Try to reboot with the monitor already on, sometimes the BIOS of the card shows the data, but the monitor are not awake... My Samsumg do this! Good luck -- Leonardo T. de Carvalho Ibiz Tecnologia Frase aleatória: I don't even butter my bread. I consider that cooking. -- Katherine Cebrian
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 .. -- Mem size.
Hi leonard and Experts, earlier I had RIVA TNT2 ...that was showing the ram as you have expressed at the boot time...but Matrox card is not showing.. is it Matrox peculiarity..or my system problem... Does Matrox CARD show the VRAM at boot time... can any body clear this point thankyou for the help prasad. On Tue, 22 May 2001, Leonardo T. de Carvalho wrote: B.V.L.S.Prasad wrote: Hello dean and all experts.. it will be great if you express any information on the difference between these 2 cards the vendor has given me telling that its the latest one.. even after I stressed him to give me g400 32MB. please help sincerely, prasad. Happy Day, Prasad, B.V.L.S., Research Scholar. Hi all I never held one of this cards, but I know that at boot time, the card shows up the memory on it, and the BIOS version, chipset, etc... Your question should be answered by this, I hope. Best Regards -- Leonardo T. de Carvalho Ibiz Tecnologia Frase aleatória: But officer, I was only trying to gain enough speed so I could coast to the nearest gas station.
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 ..
Hello Jeremy, Please do the favour of how you corrected by yourself.. so that I can also do that thankyou for the helpor informing about this...no body on the list really confirmed it...as you did. It should be useful to dean aswell. prasad. On Mon, 21 May 2001, Jeremy Blosser wrote: Dean S. Messing [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Hello Prasad. I have (I hope) a G450 in my system running Mdk 8.0, which I thought had 32 MB of RAM as well. I just started Harddrake. Like you, I have seeing it return G400 with 16MB of memory. I'm now concerned. It is a new machine and I have not tried any highspeed graphics, but I've been told that the Matrox boards don't have the fastest graphics. For that you need Nvidia or voodoo. But I'm not into graphics yet so I really don't know what I'm talking about. Let me know what you find out please. I will also let you what the manufacterer of my system (Advanced System Labs) says. I'm popping in on this conversation late, but if you're just worried about what card you really have, it still is probably a G450 like you expect. I know I have a G450/32 (installed it myself), but it was still detected as a G400 w/16 MB. I just corrected it all myself. -- Jeremy Blosser
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 ..
B.V.L.S.Prasad [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Hello Jeremy, Please do the favour of how you corrected by yourself.. so that I can also do that I just edited the XF86Config file to have the correct listing. Really what it calls the card doesn't matter; what matters is what mode lines it uses for it, etc. My XF86Config file is attached in case you find it useful. Note that my X is build from a SRPM with a modified spec file to include Matrox's mga hal drivers, which are necessary to get the most out of this card. It also includes all the stuff to get DRI working, which you may or may not find useful; to get the full shebang working as optimally as possible requires both a kernel configure compile and getting the Matrox mga driver working. -- Jeremy Blosser # ** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection # ** # Server flags section. # ** Section ServerFlags # Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is # received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may # provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging #NoTrapSignals # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltBS server abort sequence # This allows clients to receive this key event. #DontZap # Uncomment this to disable the CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- mode switching # sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events. #DontZoom # This allows the server to start up even if the # mouse device can't be opened/initialised. AllowMouseOpenFail EndSection # ** # Input devices # ** # ** # Keyboard section # ** Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option AutoRepeat 250 30 Option XkbRules xfree86 Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout us EndSection # ** # Pointer section # ** Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option ProtocolPS/2 Option Device /dev/psaux # Option Emulate3Buttons Option Emulate3Timeout50 # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice #Option ChordMiddle EndSection Section Module # This loads the DBE extension module. Load dbe # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection extmod #Option omit xfree86-dga EndSubSection # This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules Load type1 Load freetype Load GLcore Load dri Load extmod Load glx Load pex5 Load record Load xie EndSection Section DRI EndSection # ** # Monitor section # ** # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section Monitor Identifier NECFE950 VendorName NEC ModelName FE950 # HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified. # HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. HorizSync 31.0-96.0 # VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified. # VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a # comma separated list of ranges of values. # NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S # USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS. VertRefresh 55.0-160.0 EndSection # ** # Graphics device section # ** Section Device Identifier Generic VGA Driver vga EndSection Section Device Identifier MatroxMillenniumG450 VendorName Matrox BoardName MillenniumG450 Driver mga
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 ..
Hello Prasad. I have (I hope) a G450 in my system running Mdk 8.0, which I thought had 32 MB of RAM as well. I just started Harddrake. Like you, I have seeing it return G400 with 16MB of memory. I'm now concerned. It is a new machine and I have not tried any highspeed graphics, but I've been told that the Matrox boards don't have the fastest graphics. For that you need Nvidia or voodoo. But I'm not into graphics yet so I really don't know what I'm talking about. Let me know what you find out please. I will also let you what the manufacterer of my system (Advanced System Labs) says. Dean
[expert] Matrox G450 and 8.0 final
Has anyone installed 8.0 with the G450 video card. If so did you need the Matrox drivers from vendor site? Mandrake folks stated once that it was supported in 8.0 beta version however I was never able to get it to work. I will hopefully be able to install 8.0 tonight and want to know what to expect. Thanks, Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937) 656-2861 (937) 973-3125 (pager)
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and 8.0 final
On 24 Apr, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: Has anyone installed 8.0 with the G450 video card. If so did you need the Matrox drivers from vendor site? Yes, I did. The original install was very slow. It's much better with the vendor drivers. I haven't (yet) tried all them opengl games (like tuxracer). Mandrake folks stated once that it was supported in 8.0 beta version however I was never able to get it to work. I will hopefully be able to install 8.0 tonight and want to know what to expect. Well, if you remove the mga_drv.o in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers and replace it with the beta stuff from Matrox's site, it should work. L -- Laurent Duperval mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and Mandrake 8
There is a known issue with the Matrox G450 and Xfree86 4.0.2 (and 4.0.1 I believe) where it activates the second header when going into X. This means that it outputs your display on port 2 instead of port 1. The only fix for this I have heard so far is to install the binary files from the Matrox web site. Do you install, but do not test X. Complete everything else. Boot up into failsafe mode, copy the files over as directed and then try starting X. You should be all set. I found that setting up my G450 was very easy after downloading the updated drivers. I even have DRI support which makes watching DVDs and such much much nicer. Good luck. On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: I just bought a Matrox G450. Works great in Win98. However I decided to reinstall Mandrake from 8 pre-beta to 8 beta. When it was time to setup X, I chose 24 bit 1024x768, and XFree 4.02 3D with acceleration. When asked if I wanted to test X I chose yes, and the monitor went off. After 10 minutes I just decided to reboot. The boot disk wont work "unable to mount root fs". Any help with the Matrox Card? Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937) 656-2861 (937) 973-3125 (pager)
[expert] Matrox G450 and mdk 7.2
I cant get my G450 to work - X sees it as G400, and when i try to test it duing installation my nothing happens - althoug X sees it as G400 it still dosent work... ___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stud. Scient. Mathematics | TLF(home):39699914 - 116 Copenhagen University - | Home address: Bispebjerg parkalle Institute for Mathematical Sciences | 22 - 2400 københavn NV - room 116. Url: www.math.ku.dk | "Politics is for the moment, equations are forever" - Albert Einstein Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Matrox G450 and mdk 7.2 (fwd)
___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stud. Scient. Mathematics | TLF(home):39699914 - 116 Copenhagen University - | Home address: Bispebjerg parkalle Institute for Mathematical Sciences | 22 - 2400 københavn NV - room 116. Url: www.math.ku.dk | "Politics is for the moment, equations are forever" - Albert Einstein -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 03:12:00 +0100 (MET) From: Lars Roland Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake-expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Matrox G450 and mdk 7.2 I cant get my G450 to work - X sees it as G400, and when i try to test it duing installation my nothing happens - althoug X sees it as G400 it still dosent work... ___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stud. Scient. Mathematics | TLF(home):39699914 - 116 Copenhagen University - | Home address: Bispebjerg parkalle Institute for Mathematical Sciences | 22 - 2400 københavn NV - room 116. Url: www.math.ku.dk | "Politics is for the moment, equations are forever" - Albert Einstein Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Matrox G450 and mdk 7.2 (fwd)
___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stud. Scient. Mathematics | TLF(home):39699914 - 116 Copenhagen University - | Home address: Bispebjerg parkalle Institute for Mathematical Sciences | 22 - 2400 københavn NV - room 116. Url: www.math.ku.dk | "Politics is for the moment, equations are forever" - Albert Einstein -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 03:13:19 +0100 (MET) From: Lars Roland Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake-expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Matrox G450 and mdk 7.2 (fwd) ___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stud. Scient. Mathematics | TLF(home):39699914 - 116 Copenhagen University - | Home address: Bispebjerg parkalle Institute for Mathematical Sciences | 22 - 2400 københavn NV - room 116. Url: www.math.ku.dk | "Politics is for the moment, equations are forever" - Albert Einstein -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 03:12:00 +0100 (MET) From: Lars Roland Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake-expert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Matrox G450 and mdk 7.2 I cant get my G450 to work - X sees it as G400, and when i try to test it duing installation my nothing happens - althoug X sees it as G400 it still dosent work... ___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen | Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Stud. Scient. Mathematics | TLF(home):39699914 - 116 Copenhagen University - | Home address: Bispebjerg parkalle Institute for Mathematical Sciences | 22 - 2400 københavn NV - room 116. Url: www.math.ku.dk | "Politics is for the moment, equations are forever" - Albert Einstein Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
