Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 20:51:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Rui Cortes o <cortesao@isr.uc.pt> Subject: Re: Matrox MGA-G200 AGP Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9811032050001.20812-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <199811040019.TAA16118@laker.net>
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I tied this driver, but could never get it to work. The best luck I had was with XiG's Xaccel server. It's a little more pricey than the XSuSE driver, but it works beautifully. http://www.xig.com. They have a free demo. Joe Clarke On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Steve Friedrich wrote: > On Tue, 03 Nov 1998 19:05:38 -0800, Rui Cortes o wrote: > > >I am currently trying to install the FreeBSD operating system. > >The main problem, is that I can't find a driver for my display adapter. > >It is a Matrox MGA-G200 AGP board. > > > >How can I get a compatible driver? > >I tried already the matrox drivers that are in the 2.2.7-RELEASE without > >success. > > > >However, when I run the Xf86Setup, I have a nice graphical interface!! > > For XF86 support, you need to check their web site at > http://XFree86.org/ > In particular, see http://XFree86.org/FAQ/#SectionF Question F29, which > is: > Q.F29- Is there a server for the Matrox Millennium G200? > > We have received the documentation in late August. There is a > preliminary server available from the XSuSE page. This > server should work on all current G100 and G200 cards. It is known to > sometimes misdetect the amount of memory > installed, so if you run into problems, check if the reported amount of > memory is correct and add the option VideoRam to the > Device Section of the XF86Config file if it is not. > > The XSuSE page is at http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html > or more specifically, http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html#matrox > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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