From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 7 23:12:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDAA316A41C for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:12:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wilkinsa@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FD0F43D1D for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:12:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wilkinsa@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from ednmsw501.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednmsw501.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.150]) by digger1.defence.gov.au with ESMTP id j57NAeVE022204 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:40:40 +0930 (CST) Received: from muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (unverified) by ednmsw501.dsto.defence.gov.au (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.17) with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:42:15 +0930 Received: from ednex501.dsto.defence.gov.au (ednex501.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.81]) by muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id j57N7p032088; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:37:52 +0930 (CST) Received: from squash.dsto.defence.gov.au ([131.185.40.212]) by ednex501.dsto.defence.gov.au with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id J84PT1SH; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:37:42 +0930 Received: from squash.dsto.defence.gov.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by squash.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j57N7wAG071465; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:37:58 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from wilkinsa@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: (from wilkinsa@localhost) by squash.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j57N7vJu071464; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:37:57 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from wilkinsa) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:37:57 +0930 From: "Wilkinson, Alex" To: Christian Weisgerber Message-ID: <20050607230756.GF71217@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <200506032023.13511.c47g@gmx.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help needed: connecting DVI TFT monitor to MGA G550 card X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 23:12:25 -0000 0n Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 11:50:52AM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >Christian Gusenbauer wrote: > >> Hmm, it seems to be so simple: take a DVI cable, connect it with the monitor >> and the G550 card, start FreeBSD (current), change some settings in the >> xorg.conf file and then start X. >> >> Well, I failed miserably :-(. >> >> The only resolutions working are 800x600 and 640x480 but the 1280x1024 I'd >> like to get does not work. > >I suffered a similar experience with a G450 PCI. It is my understanding >that enabling high resolution modes on the DVI port requires some >extra fiddling in the driver, but Matrox provides no documentation >on this so XFree86/Xorg can't implement it. Unless you can use the >proprietary drivers Matrox provides for some platforms, you're >effectively stuck with the analog VGA port. Use the drivers matrox provide for linux: [http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/files/lnx_41.cfm] Place mga_drv.o and mga_hal.drv.o into /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/. Make sure you back up Xorg's mga drivers first though ! - aW