XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread n7fz
HELP!! This newbie is having major problems getting XFree86 to run. The problem: my video card is the Matrox G550, and Debian 3.0 installs XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, which does not support it. And every driver I've tried, including the generic VGA, gives me a "No screens found" error when I try

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread François Le Clainche
Le mer 04/09/2002 à 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > HELP!! This newbie is having major problems getting XFree86 to run. Hi. > The problem: my video card is the Matrox G550, and Debian 3.0 > installs XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, which does not support it. And every driver I've > tried, inclu

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 04 September 2002 10:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am planning to run dual-head when I get this working. I _don't_ want to > use a distro other than Debian, although I may be forced to, if I can't > solve this. > I have a G450 which I use in dual head mode. Once the card is wo

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread Robert Rakowicz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, > HELP!! This newbie is having major problems getting XFree86 to run. > > The problem: my video card is the Matrox G550, and Debian 3.0 > installs XFree86 version 4.1.0.1, which does not support it. And every driver I've > tried, including the generic VGA, gives

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-04 Thread Rupa Schomaker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 04 September 2002 10:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> I am planning to run dual-head when I get this working. I _don't_ want to >> use a distro other than Debian, although I may be forced to, if

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP!

2002-09-05 Thread Balazs Javor
Hi, I have also the same card and it works with the downloaded drivers. Try checking the refresh rate section of your XFree config. One problem I fequently had is that the debconfig script asks you for the frequency range your monitor supports, and if I put in the _maximum_ frequency it supports

Re: XFree and Matrox G550 -- HELP! -- SOLVED!

2002-09-05 Thread Chuck Percy
My thanks to François, Robert, Balazs and the others who have written. I have gotten the Xserver working, and now I just need to complete the monitor configurations. Hopefully I won't need any more assistance. Chuck Percy n7fz-at-arrl-dot-net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with