Very Computer

-ts

Quote:>Xconfigurator comes up with the message, that it ca't detect my 8mb of video
>ram, if I select "Matrox Millenium II agp" or "unlisted card from the
>list...

Quote:>Is there a special driver for my video card?

Quote:>If so, where can I get it, and how do I install it?

(Experts may build XF86_SVGA from source code and omit all the
unnecessary drivers.  However, mortals likely won't be able to do it
from the available documentation.)

Replace the /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA that Red Hat gave you,
with the XF86_SVGA you'll find in that file.  Then do
  chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA

Cameron

Quote:>Go to your favorite www.xfree86.org mirror site and get the
>current XF86_SVGA binary.  For example,
>ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/XFree86/current/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/Ser...
SVGA.tgz
>Replace the /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA that Red Hat gave you,
>with the XF86_SVGA you'll find in that file.  Then do
>  chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA

Q.G9- G100/G200 HW cursor problem

The G100/G200 driver fails to check that there is enough space in the video
memory to hold the hardware cursor data. In some configurations this may result
in a corrupted cursor image. The workaround for this is to disable the hardware
cursor by adding the following line to the appropriate Device section in your
XF86Config file:

    Option "sw_cursor"

Q.G10- Misleading message from the MGA driver

The MGA driver assumes that there is 4MB of video memory present for Millennium
II and G100 cards (unless told otherwise in the XF86Config file. However, the
message printed out by driver says that it is assuming 8MB. The message is
incorrect, and although misleading, it is otherwise harmless.

Q.G11- Incorrect clock limit for PCI Matrox G200 and G100 cards

There is a bug in the MGA driver that results in the clock limit being set at
90MHz instead of 250MHz for PCI versions of G200 and G100 cards. It is possible
to work around this by adding the following line to the appropriate Device
section in your XF86Config file:

    DacSpeed 250

--
Michael Meissner, Cygnus Solutions (Massachusetts office)
4th floor, 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

:  There is no file named XF86_SVGA  in the xsvga.tgz file, at least if i open
: it with winzip 7.0.
: there is just a TAR file in it. What is wrong?

A ".tgz" file is really a ".tar.gz" archive.  That's a set of files that
were first tar'red up together, and that tarfile was then compressed
using gzip.  

WinZIP 7.0 has succeeded in doing half the job, in other words.  If you
want to peek into the archive on your DOS box, you'll have to use tar
or an equivalent.  Look around for "pctar".

(Oh yes:  I just remembered that I put a copy in the SFpcUG ftp archive,
ftp://ftp.sfpcug.org/pub/dos/utilities/  See the 00index.txt file.)

In the long term, you'll probably want to transfer the ".tgz" archive
intact to your Linux box, and unpack it there.

--
Cheers,                   The cynics among us might say:   "We laugh,
Rick Moen                 monkeyboys -- Linux IS the mainstream UNIX now!
rick (at) linuxmafia.com  MuaHaHaHa!" but that would be rude. -- Jim Dennis

I do it frequently on mine with WinZip 6.3 SR-1 across a net
to extract them directly to the Linux system because I find
the WinZip interface so easy to use (I'm still a Linux
newbie).

Best regards,
Michael.

: With the WinZip, you can extract the .tar, then extract the
: .gz file from that.  It's just a two step process instead of
: one.

Good -- but I believe you mean the opposite order.

However, he'll probably want to unpack _under Linux_ when doing
it for real, if only to get the permissions right.

--
Cheers,                   The cynics among us might say:   "We laugh,
Rick Moen                 monkeyboys -- Linux IS the mainstream UNIX now!
rick (at) linuxmafia.com  MuaHaHaHa!" but that would be rude. -- Jim Dennis

Kevin

Quote:>Linux/X-Window doesn't seem to be able to handle my Matrox MGA Millennium
>g200 AGP correctly.
>Xconfigurator comes up with the message, that it ca't detect my 8mb of video
>ram, if I select "Matrox Millenium II agp" or "unlisted card from the
>list...
>Is there a special driver for my video card?
>If so, where can I get it, and how do I install it?

>-ts