Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:11:46 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <darius@dons.net.au> To: "Wilkinson, Alex" <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1920x1080 resolution with mga driver [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Message-ID: <0C4CBC26-B4BB-4C30-8EA8-279AB3114F52@dons.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20110330024550.GB63105@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103290603240.53837@wonkity.com> <963D4E35-4D93-4AD0-91DF-C16BC7E1F47E@dons.net.au> <CC88E68D-B1B1-4653-A90C-B32A2694001A@dons.net.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103290703110.54192@wonkity.com> <7AFE31C3-EA54-49FF-A294-2A793D2236B4@dons.net.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103290745390.54312@wonkity.com> <049300B7-9C27-4ABE-9CA6-AF069F915274@dons.net.au> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103291805310.56640@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103291809420.56640@wonkity.com> <D4F4F46A-F441-49E3-9A73-70FCB4A13C7E@dons.net.au> <20110330024550.GB63105@stlux503.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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On 30/03/2011, at 13:15, Wilkinson, Alex wrote: > 0n Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:40:30AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:=20 >=20 >> I guess I'm stuck with 1280x1024 for now. >> Maybe I can dig up a PCIe 8x ATI or nVidia card from somewhere.. >=20 > Im not sure if will still work, but in the days of using Matrox cards = I used to: >=20 > 1. Download linux driver: = http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/ >=20 > 2. Place mga_drv.o and mga_hal.drv.o into = /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ > (was /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ when i did it). >=20 > This used to work and allow me have to dual-head with mga. >=20 > Not sure about nowdays though - worth a shot. Hmm I just emailed Supermicro and they claim it doesn't support = 1920x1080 anyway, what a pain. Time to look for an 8x PCIe card or saw some of the pins off a 16x one I = suppose. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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