On Monday 24 September 2001 5:57 pm, Oleksandr Moskalenko wrote: > * Krzys Majewski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Jason Boxman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sunday 23 September 2001 02:28 pm, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > > Anyone run a matrox g450? > > > > I've got one working with kernel 2.4.8 and X 4.1.0, but it did > > > > hang my box once. Maybe I should be using the drivers from the > > > > Matrox site instead? The Matrox drivers need the code for > > > > X 4.0.2/4.0.3 to compile. I know, I know, I should just try it and > > > > see, but it's a bit of a pain to build/test etc., so if you > > > > have any g450 experiences to share, please do.. > > > > > > Well, my G400 works with the default X4.1 drivers. It seems to load > > > the mga_hal module that Matrox providers for G200/4xx cards though. > > > The mga_hal might only be necessary for the G450, I don't remember. > > > > OK, thanks. > > Mine tries to load the mga_hal module and fails, presumably because I > > haven't installed it. I take it you've downloaded the one from > > matrox.com? What does it do? > > Also, FWIW, if you don't install the matrox drivers, the 450 is only > > supported starting with X 4.1.0. > > > > -chris > > On my G400 mga_hal prevents dri from being enabled. I assume that's > because mga_hal was compiled for ?4.0 and they haven't updated it for > 4.1, yet. Everything seems to work beautifully WITHOUT any Matrox > drivers even though mga_hal load failure message shows up in XFree86 > log. Someone else posted similar experiences for their G450 on this list > before, too. > > Alex. > Hello,
I can confirm that the G450 works with DRI enabled with just the Debian X 4.1. I still get the error that mga_hal isn't loaded but that doesn't stop DRI from working. LeeE
