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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.
> 
> 
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