From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 07:50:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6483D16A4BF for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 07:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailoff.mtu.edu (mailoff.mtu.edu [141.219.70.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A93E4400B for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 07:50:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from froese@mtu.edu) Received: from node21. (node21.mtu.edu [141.219.68.121]) by mailoff.mtu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.4) with ESMTP id h85EoKR26192; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:50:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from node9 (node9.mtu.edu [141.219.68.109]) by node21. (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h85EoKt20371; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:50:20 -0400 Received: from campus4.mtu.edu ([141.219.70.7]) by node9 (MailMonitor for SMTP v1.2.2 ) ; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:50:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from node2. (node2.mtu.edu [141.219.68.102]) by mail.mtu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h85EoKL00575; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:50:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mackenzie.ffr.mtu.edu (mackenzie.ffr.mtu.edu [141.219.149.155]) h85EoJJX018289; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:50:20 -0400 From: Robert Froese Organization: Michigan Tech To: Andre Albsmeier Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:50:20 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 References: <200308271731.30508.froese@mtu.edu> <20030905075816.GA4322@curry.mchp.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <20030905075816.GA4322@curry.mchp.siemens.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309051050.20785.froese@mtu.edu> cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to configure dual head & G550 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: froese@mtu.edu List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:50:23 -0000 I was successful configuring dual-head after much, much googling and some excellent advice from a very small number of list members. The lack of documentation both on the XFree86 web site and the FreeBSD site was quite discouraging. While I find the handbook, for example, quite useful for general concepts, there are few detailed technical references both published and informal for FreeBSD. What I did conclude: First and foremost, the mgapdesk port does NOT work under 5.1-R. It crashes X every time. You don't need it though. To get dual-head to work on 5.1-R: 1) add the matrox linux hal driver - I think; I made a couple of simultaneous changes so I'm not sure it was necessary 2) make appropriate changes to the XF86Config file There's nothing else. In my searches I came across references to "xinerama" but after literally an hour trying to find ports/packages for FreeBSD I gave up and guessed that it was enabled somewhere in FreeBSD by default. Surprise! Good guess; it was. With xinerama you get a single KDE desktop stretched across the two screens. ...Robert On Friday 05 September 2003 03:58 am, Andre Albsmeier wrote: > On Wed, 27-Aug-2003 at 17:31:30 -0400, Robert Froese wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm interested in converting my single head Matrox G400 system to a dual > > head G550 system. I've aquired the hardware assuming it will work, but > > after a half-hour now looking for instructions I haven't found any. Can > > anyone point me to some resources that suggest where to begin? I'd > > greatly appreciate it. > > I can send you my config in private mail. I am running a G550 > connected via DVI to a 46cm LCD. The second head is currently > configured for a 640x480 output. > > The card is great apart from the fact, that TV-Out doesn't work > under X11 (only Wincrap) and the Matrox losers don't do anything > about it. The G400-DH runs fine w.r.t. TV-out (got it at home) > but the G450 and G550 won't. That's why I'll never by a Matrox > again... > > -Andre -- Robert Froese, RPF Assistant Professor, Forest Biometrics School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI.