From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 11:21:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from luke.immure.com (luke.immure.com [207.8.42.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F0C337B4EC; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 11:21:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob@luke.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by luke.immure.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f1QJL1q17974; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:21:01 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:21:01 -0600 From: Bob Willcox To: Bradford Castalia Cc: Darren Shepard , Alessandro de Manzano , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matrox G450 and X 4.0.2 = blank ? Message-ID: <20010226132101.A15612@luke.immure.com> Reply-To: Bob Willcox References: <20010222123850.A23035@eel.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <3A95A591.608C937D@azstarnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A95A591.608C937D@azstarnet.com>; from Castalia@azstarnet.com on Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 04:49:37PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 04:49:37PM -0700, Bradford Castalia wrote: > Yesterday I tried the 1_01_05_beta mga driver distribution from Matrox > on FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE with XFree86-4.0.2 and a G400 32MB dual head AGP > card. I was disappointed with the results. Reverting to the 1_00_04_beta > distribution restored clean operation. > > Getting the XF86Config file right can be a bit daunting. I've been > struggling to find the optimal configuration to wring the most > display area out of the G400. By playing with xvidtune and tweaking > a ModeLine for the Monitor section I've been able to realize 1152x860 > at 24bpp. The Samsung 750p monitors I'm using can easily handle much > higher resolution, and I'm sure the G400 can provide at least 1280x1024 > for both screens (as demonstrated by the commercial Accelerated X > multi-head server), but I haven't been able to discover the magic > configuration to accomplish this. I'll provide a copy of my XF86Config, > on request, if that might be of some help. I have a number of G400's running XFree86 3.3.6 at 1920x1440 resolution (and 60 Hz refresh...but that's another story). These are the 16MB versions. I normally run them at 16bpp, but have successfully run them at 24bpp (but didn't care for the performance penalty vs. 16bpp). I also have run them at 1600x1200. BTW, this is on Dell P1110 monitors (rebadged Sony FD trinitrons). I will gladly email my XF86Config file to you if you would like it. Bob -- Bob Willcox The reason we come up with new versions is not to bob@vieo.com fix bugs. It's absolutely not. Austin, TX -- Bill Gates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message