Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:27:25 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <rpratt1950@embarqmail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xorg driver bug Message-ID: <20071015142725.98da48c4.rpratt1950@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071015180402.GB54185@thought.org> References: <20071015053710.GA48887@thought.org> <20071015180402.GB54185@thought.org>
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On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:04:02 -0700 Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 10:37:10PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Has anybody with any Dell run into this before? I just got a new > > Matrox with 32M of video ram. Run with the "mga" driver, X comes > > up extremely dark. If I change the driver to the "vesa" X comes > > up with normal brightness but the resolution is terrible. At > > most 640x480. tHis could be a hardware bug;I'm hoping it is > > just not having selected the right driver. > > > > Anybody know what to try next? > > > > Update, and no-joy: i've added Modes lines, tried different flags. > Still, using the "mga" drivr gives a dark screen; only the "vesa" works. > none of the xorg config toools work. The Matroc Millennium G450 > is brand new, so doubt it's the card. The previous card had the > same problem--way to dark--soI got this new card. I ran into a resolution problem with the xf86-video-mga-1.9.100 driver (http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071014075931.3c5ec756.rpratt1950) and reverted back to xf86-video-mga-1.4.7 which was working okay. My card was a Matrox G400. I've also done some searching but have not turned up anything helpful so far. Maybe give the older driver a try and see if that works for you. Randy --
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