Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-10-02 Thread Charles Galpin
I'm not sure what's up withe the redhat-list so I've sent this directly to you guys as well. Kevin, I have not tried the hardware trick of doubling the resolution - I may not get to try it for a few days either. Steve, would you mind asking your guys if they used the hardware trick or the latest

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-10-02 Thread Charles Galpin
> Yep, unstable in my experience too. Maybe XFree86 4.0.2 will have a > stable driver. Until then, I've dropped back to one monitor :( sad but true > > BTW, what is the best window manager for xinerama? sawfish certainly > > didn't like it. I switched to enlightenment, but it seemed like gno

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-10-02 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Charles Galpin wrote: > aah. Now this made the difference. Once I installed the latest mga driver > I got it working! However, it kept locking up the machine. Even leaving > the machine idle it locked up. I also tried switching back to single head, > no xinerama and it locked

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-30 Thread Kevin Wood
One of the other guys said earlier (sorry, I missed the name, but you know who you are) that if you get the matrox driver, all you do is set the screen width to double the normal length. This will cause it to fold to the other screen. Give it a try. Kevin P.S. When I get five minutes here (Ha

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Charles Galpin wrote: > one of us is spacey today - I don't see an attachment :) It's me. File should be attached this time. > I'm off to look for the newest mga driver. I understand what yu are saying > about the config file setup, and I've done that already - so I'm hopi

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Charles Galpin
one of us is spacey today - I don't see an attachment :) I'm off to look for the newest mga driver. I understand what yu are saying about the config file setup, and I've done that already - so I'm hoping it's just the driver.. I'd still like to see yours pelase. charles On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Gor

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Charles Galpin wrote: > thanks, but this is exactly my problem. You have two device sections, with > each device having distinct bus ids. Doing a scanpci on my card reveals > only on bus id, so I can't add a second device. No, there's two bus ID's that are the same. The onl

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
Whoops, wrong reply... I'm spacey today. :( Look at my post earlier today for a working XF86Config.. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Charles Galpin wrote: > First, I have a G400 dual head / 32MB. I'm not sure what the MAX is. MAX version has a faster RAMDAC, 360 Mhz vs. 300. > >From the surfing and reading I have done so far, I am getting conflicting > information. Some sources say we need a 2.3/24 kern

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Charles Galpin
Hi Kevin > Here is an XF86Config file you can reference. It works great on a dual > Voodoo3 system, but it will show you the layout that you need. You will > probably need to change the mode lines and add a device and a screen. thanks, but this is exactly my problem. You have two device sectio

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Steve Borho
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 10:52:09PM -0400, Charles Galpin wrote: > Oh boy. I'm a bit confused right now :) > > First, I have a G400 dual head / 32MB. I'm not sure what the MAX is. Also > I want to do Xinerama (if that matters). There is a Xinerama HOWTO on the > docs CD which seems to spell it ou

Re: Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-29 Thread Kevin Wood
Charles Galpin wrote: > > Oh boy. I'm a bit confused right now :) > > First, I have a G400 dual head / 32MB. I'm not sure what the MAX is. Also > I want to do Xinerama (if that matters). There is a Xinerama HOWTO on the > docs CD which seems to spell it out quite clearly. However .. > > >From

Matrox G400 dual-head & XFree86 (was Re: XFree86 -4.01a)

2000-09-28 Thread Charles Galpin
Oh boy. I'm a bit confused right now :) First, I have a G400 dual head / 32MB. I'm not sure what the MAX is. Also I want to do Xinerama (if that matters). There is a Xinerama HOWTO on the docs CD which seems to spell it out quite clearly. However .. >From the surfing and reading I have done so

Re: XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread Statux
Did you give xf86config a try? It got X4.0.1 working pretty good (I had to do minor editing on the config file afterwards to keep it from using modes that my monitor doesn't support). On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Kevin Wood wrote: > Hey guys, > > Has anyone gotten Xfree86-4.0.1a for RH 7.0 configured c

RE: XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread Juha Saarinen
XFree86 -config should give you a working XF86Config file. If you run XFree86 -showconfig, you'll see your current one. -- Juha %-> Hey guys, %-> %-> Has anyone gotten Xfree86-4.0.1a for RH 7.0 configured correctly the %-> first time? I know Xconfigurator doesn't work correctly and the %-> grap

Re: XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread Charles Galpin
Kevin, I'll be upgrading my primary workstation tonight, and tackling the dual headed setup myself (AGP G400 32MB dual head and two mitsubishi DP900U monitors). It is working fine right now single headed under 6.1/Xfree86 3.x with the SVGA driver. It will be interesting to see if the installer d

Re: XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread thornton
Kevin Wood wrote: > > Funny you mention dual head :) Has anyone gotten the Matrox G400 MAX > (Dual Head on AGP Card) running? I have a couple and I am trying to get > them running. Is the Matrox driver included with RH? My dual-headed detection worked with two Matrox cards, a G200 and a Mille

Re: XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread Kevin Wood
Funny you mention dual head :) Has anyone gotten the Matrox G400 MAX (Dual Head on AGP Card) running? I have a couple and I am trying to get them running. Is the Matrox driver included with RH? Thanks Kevin Thornton Prime wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Kevin Wood wrote: > > > Has anyone g

Re: XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread Thornton Prime
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Kevin Wood wrote: > Has anyone gotten Xfree86-4.0.1a for RH 7.0 configured correctly the > first time? I know Xconfigurator doesn't work correctly and the > graphical one during the install doesn't work correctly. I can > configure it by hand, but I tell you, this will imm

Re: XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread Wanderlei Antonio Cavassin
Em Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 07:52:31AM -0400, Kevin Wood escreveu: > Hey guys, > > Has anyone gotten Xfree86-4.0.1a for RH 7.0 configured correctly the > first time? I know Xconfigurator doesn't work correctly and the > graphical one during the install doesn't work correctly. I can > configure it b

XFree86 -4.01a

2000-09-27 Thread Kevin Wood
Hey guys, Has anyone gotten Xfree86-4.0.1a for RH 7.0 configured correctly the first time? I know Xconfigurator doesn't work correctly and the graphical one during the install doesn't work correctly. I can configure it by hand, but I tell you, this will immediately kill their chances with a new