Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:12:02 +1100 From: "Richard Green" <rgreen@rainbow.net.au> To: <opel@conti.de>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help? Matrox unknown chipset (0x0521) rev. 1 Message-ID: <003601be2a88$b750d780$0500a8c0@pc005.green-it.com.au>
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sounds like the monitor you picked doesn't exist on the monitor set-up bit
of XFree. try picking one of a spec which you think is equivanlent to the
one you have. are you getting a message saying something about it's can't
find a monitor definition you are sure is there when you try for hight
resolutions? then it's definitely the monitor settings not the card. you are
just defaulting to a crap mode. it took me ages to find something which
worked, and even then i hadto extend the capacity of my monitor to work
in1024x768, but anything less is impossible to work with, even on a 14"
screen. just makeyour fonts big, and learn lots finding out how. everyones
hardware is different, so you just have to bite the bullet and read the
docs. every source of docs gives a bit of a differnt version of how it
works, and eventually it makes enough sense to get something to work. for
instance carefully reading the messages before thew actual error made me
realise no 1024 resolution within the sync freqs my monitor was capable of.
but it was only just missing the mark, so I extended the freq range just a
little (5%) and it works just fine. i know all the docs tell you not to do
this, but it seems to me there are crappy old monitors which can easity be
replaced for a few bucks at a second hand shop, then there are newer
monitors which are under warranty ('it was just after the the error message
about the domain server not being there, it just went black and smelled
funny...') . Part of the fun of designing and running a computer system is
learning how to it.
-----Original Message-----
From: opel@conti.de <opel@conti.de>
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Friday, 18 December 1998 11:15
Subject: Help? Matrox unknown chipset (0x0521) rev. 1
>I've received the CDRom-Distribution 2.2.7 a few days ago and I'm not
>familiar using it at the time, but the setup seems to be correct now.
>I had a look a look at all the messages when booting with -v option and
>coudn'd find any errors or conflicts. I use a new kernel with
>sound-driver.
>
>Unfortunatly my X resolution is limited to 320x200 dots...
>startx reports: "Matrox unknown chipset (0x0521) rev. 1..."
>and uses a generic vga driver. I've coosen XF86_SVGA server and found a
>driver for my "Matrox Millenium II AGP" as part of the distribution.
>
>I'm running out of ideas now, what to try next. However, the grafics
>adapter isn't faulty, it works i. e. with Windows-NT.
>
>Thanks for any help!
>Greetings from Hannover/Germany
>--
>Martin Opel
>
>ICA GmbH c/o Continental AG, Central Systems Management
>Jaedekamp 30, D-30419 Hannover
>+49-511-976-3967 (FAX -3758)
>
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