RE: [Sheflug] XFree4 Matrox drivers...

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Barrie Bremner wrote:

>  I tried the Driver "mga" line last night, and X wouldn't start. I got a lot 
> of
> X-is-almost-there screen flashes, then a message that gdm had been murdered
> mysteriously.
>  I love some of these messages :-)

I haven't tried it, but it IS working in someones tree. Try reading the
logs for any hints (make sure you compile AGPGART support and DRM support
in your kernel).
 
> I have installed all of the XFree4.0.1a RPMs that came on the RH7 disks.
> 
>  I'm assuming that Rawhide is the development RH stuff? At any good mirror 
> near me?

ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/SRPMS/SRPMS

Those are the SRPMS, i386 is somewhere in the area.

>  Another thing I thought about - does the kernel matrox stuff need to be 
> modules
> or can it be built in?

Either. But it shouldn't stop it working anyway. Have you got an updated
XFree 4 config file? 3.3.x configs won't work.
All I can really suggest is poking /var/log/XFree86.log and seeing what
gives.


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