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Re: [Sheflug] XFree4 Matrox drivers...
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> Now that I've finally got my SMP motherboard back, I'm running as I
> should be...including my Matrox card - which I haven't configured
> correctly.
>
> I'm running 2.4.0-test10-pre3, and I've compiled in matrox support, agp
> support and all the relevant options I could see that goes with that.
>
> However, X is still using the 3.3.6 SVGA driver that RedHat supply with
> the RH7 install.
>
> How do I force the system to use the Matrox driver?
It's in your XF86Config file. In the graphics devices section, I've got
something like this:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default video card"
Driver "mga"
#VideoRam 8192
VideoRam 8192
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
And in the "Screen" section, I tell X to use that device like this:
Device "Default video card"
FWIW, I couldn't even get the kernel compile (2.2.18presomething) a few
weeks ago with AGP and/or MGA support... <sigh> I see in Alan Cox's
diary that it might be fixed now, though. Hmm... now that I'm not running
VMWare, I might look at the 2.4 kernels :-) I hear PCMCIA support is
integrated in 2.4 to some extent.... is that correct?
Cheers
R
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