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Date:      Mon, 4 Apr 2005 21:33:37 +0200
From:      Oliver Lehmann <lehmann@ans-netz.de>
To:        Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: amd64 amd dual head graphics cards?
Message-ID:  <20050404213337.2d35795e.lehmann@ans-netz.de>
In-Reply-To: <4251950F.6020307@samsco.org>
References:  <42519208.5090906@ecad.org> <4251950F.6020307@samsco.org>

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Scott Long wrote:

> The old Matrox G550 card might do what you want.  There was an optional
> binary-only driver for it, but I think that the stock driver in
> XFree86/Xorg will drive dual displays with it.

Regarding to matrox's readme, only the g400 needed the binary-only driver
for dualhead. everything since a g450 included doesn't need that driver
(which is i386 only) for dualhead.
So, the card should work "out of the box" with xorg's mga driver.

I own a G400DH and I'm lost... ;)

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 Oliver Lehmann
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