Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:12:24 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Randy Pratt <rpratt1950@embarqmail.com> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xorg driver bug Message-ID: <20071015191224.GB54628@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20071015142725.98da48c4.rpratt1950@embarqmail.com> References: <20071015053710.GA48887@thought.org> <20071015180402.GB54185@thought.org> <20071015142725.98da48c4.rpratt1950@embarqmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 02:27:25PM -0400, Randy Pratt wrote: > 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. > Hmm, and Hmmmmm. It just occured to me that I have no video mga in mykernel GENERIC. I can't find mga.ko (or any other kernel object file *anywhere*. Rebuilding my kernel is not a big deal.. Can you or anybody else clue me in on this? How do I revert back to the earlier mga driver? In other words: where is the 1.4.7 src. A last tidbit is that while things DO load, the screen is almost dark. --My CRT is in great shape. thanks muchly, gary > Randy > > > -- -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org
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