Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 10:50:20 -0400 From: Robert Froese <froese@mtu.edu> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@siemens.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to configure dual head & G550 Message-ID: <200309051050.20785.froese@mtu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030905075816.GA4322@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <200308271731.30508.froese@mtu.edu> <20030905075816.GA4322@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
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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.
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