The need to turn the monitor off and on may not have anything to do with X: I have a similar problem with a PC which runs W2k with a Samsung and a G550 (the analog output gives no problems)...
Lionel --- Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After a bit of fighting, I finally got my Matrox G550 to output to the DVI > port. > > Using DVI with the G450 and G550 requires the mga_hal_drv.o library from > the Matrox web site. > > Additionally, I had to specify the resolution and force a Vertical Refresh > of 60Hz on this monitor to get it to work. > > On top of that, I have to turn the monitor off and then back on after it > switches from console mode to X. > > The hardware cursor is also broken and you need to enable the software > cursor. These are by no means mild problems but at least the thing works. > > 4.2.99.3 or 4.2.99.4 dont fix any of these problems. You still have to use > the HAL library (as far as I can tell) and I still have to restart my > monitor after switching modes. > > These problems do not exist with a spare Radeon card I tested. > > The Radeon card has its own issues, however. 4.2.99.3 and 4.2.99.4 > seg fault when I use a "Powered By ATI" Radeon 7000 in the system. Under > 4.2.1 I could not initialize more than one Radeon 7000 in the system at a > time. I could use each one individually, but not at the same time. > > Someone mentioned hacking the driver to get it working, but I need to find > out why the server keeps segfaulting first :) > > -Don > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
