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From: mi@zipnet.net (Mikhail Teterin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: MGA Millenium Video Card
Date: 14 Jun 1996 13:33:06 GMT
Organization: Aldan at Newton Upper Falls
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To: Sonia Sachs <ssachs@george.lbl.gov>
Honorable Sonia Sachs
wrote on 12 Jun (in article <31BF0B26.59E2B600@george.lbl.gov>):
=I need help configuring our Matrox MGA Millenium video card. I looked into the
=supported list of video cards by FreeBSD and this card is listed there as
=supported. However, as I configure my display, MGA Millenium is not an
=option on the menu. I chose SVGA, and it didn't work. I get two error messages:
=SVGA: too little memory for virtual resolution 1600 1200 and
=A configured device found, but display modes cannot be resolved.
This sounded especialy desperate, because it was posted 6 times. ;)
It is not FreeBSD, whose support you should care about, it is X-windows.
The free X-servers, which come with XFree86 (the X-windows clone for
x86 platforms) DO NOT support Matrox (it is entirely Matrox's fault,
but that's another story).
You can BUY a commercial X-server from XInside (www.xinside.com). But
keep in mind, they are a MONOPOLY, so they do not treat customers very
well. Xserver costs $100. If you can change a video card to, say, Mach
of some sort, then you can use one of the free X-servers.
If the video card you have is here to stay ;) -- just buy an XInside's
server and use it. It is fast, although not as robust as the free ones.
-mi
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"Windows for dummies"