From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 31 16:26:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D00337B405 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:26:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@ptavv.es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f6VNQom07533; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:26:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200107312326.f6VNQom07533@ptavv.es.net> To: query@vcsa.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4 and G450 Dual Head In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:15:45 -0000." <200107302315.f6UNFjW79155@borg.vcsa.org> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:26:50 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:15:45 -0000 > From: "Nostrebor Cire" > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Is there an easy way to install XFree86 from the ports collection with > support for the Matrox G450? I have a G450 AGP Dual Head and installed X 4 > from teh ports collection under 4.3-RELEASE with no options (just make > install) and I get the following error after typing startx: You need to update your ports. The current release of XFree86, V4.1, is the first to support the G450 without extra software. Note the DRI is not supported in that release. I have used the XF86 4.1 successfully for a G450, although not in dual-head mode, but I've been told that it will work. (I'll find out when my new display arrives.) Matrox had a driver for the G450 on 4.0.3 on their web site, but I suspect installing 4.1 would be easier than installing that driver which was written for Linux and does not build cleanly on FreeBSD. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message