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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga: current issues
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

> I just tried a Matrox G450 PCI on FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 with
> xf86-video-mga-1.4.7,1 and it locks up the machine.
>
> This card used to work fine for years in VGA mode up to Xorg 6.9
> on FreeBSD 5-STABLE/alpha.  Then X11 was reorganized and after I
> managed to get it to compile again, it would lock up the machine.
> Since I was pretty much the last guy running X11 on alpha, I gave
> up.
>
> Today I tried that card on 8.0-CURRENT/amd64.  Without xorg.conf
> the server complains about a missing fbdev module and quits.
> X -configure produced a sensible looking xorg.conf, though.  With
> that xorg.conf, the X server proceeds to start and LOCKS UP the
> entire machine.  So I guess it isn't only a problem on the moribound
> alpha.

Have you tried the xorg-server patch?  What about mga-1.9.100?

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA