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Date:      Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:07:26 +0930
From:      "Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au>
To:        Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Card for Xorg dual-head Xinerama? (Matrox G450 problems)
Message-ID:  <20050615073725.GE2316@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au>
In-Reply-To: <86ll5e9cs9.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org>
References:  <86ll5e9cs9.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org>

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    0n Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 05:17:58PM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote: 

    >I'm running FreeBSD-5.4 from cvsup and having some Xorg problems with
    >Xinerama on my Matrox G450 dual-head card.
    >
    >While Xinerama works fine for local X11 apps, an app started on a
    >remote machine displaying back to my box fills the fvwm frame with
    >nothing -- except whatever bitmap was already there.  Moving the
    >window moves the image of the bitmap around. Killing the app leaves
    >the fvwm frame; I have to "kill" the frame in fvwm to make it go away.
    >If I turn off Xinerama, everything works fine, but obviously I don't
    >have Xinerama.
    >
    >Any suggestions for a good dual-head card which works well with Xorg
    >and Xinerama?  I've got two 21" CRTs so don't have DVI input.  I don't
    >game so I don't need that kind of speed.  I'd prefer something quiet,
    >that doesn't require a fan to prevent it from melting.  I'd like to
    >keep it inexpensive.

Yes, make sure you download and use official linux matrox drivers.

 - aW



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