There is basically no point not running Xf4 with a card like that. You will get no 3d acceleration, and matrox doesnt officially support Xf3 anymore. I suggest you just run woody. You will also want to run a 2.4 kernel to get dri/drm working well.
On 14-Nov-2001, Rafe B. wrote: > > I'm using potato 2.2r3 (or is that "2.2.18pre21"). Whatever. > > I recently switched to a Matrox G-450 AGP card. (Thanks > to those who helped me "turn off X.") > > Question: can I expect that the X driver module for the > Matrox G-400 will work? Has anyone tried this? (The > G-450 isn't offered as a choice in 3.3.6.) > > My attempts to get X running so far (XF86Setup) have all > resulted in failure (server can't connect, etc.) using > the Matrox G-450, with the G-400 selected as the board. I've > tried several different timings and resolutions. The > monitor should't be an issue; it's a multisync machine > with huge amounts of bandwidth and is generally used > (on other OSs) at 1600 x 1200 @ 76 Hz. > > Related question: Does it make any sense to try grafting > X version 4.1 on top of this "potato" version, or should > I just upgrade to "Woody?" > > What is the minimal kernel version to support the newest > version of X? > > Hints, suggestions appreciated. I'd rather not do a major > upgrade of debian quite yet, being rather a newbie. > > > rafe b. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
