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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!pressimage!rain.fr!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demo n.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XF86 on Matrox Millenium? Date: 5 Aug 1996 14:59:31 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4u4uo3$h5@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4u0pif$410@peabody.colorado.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] doran jonathon howard (doranj@ucsu.Colorado.EDU) wrote: : Hi, : I am running 2.0.5R, and have been for a while now :-) Yesterday I : setup a new system and decided it would be fun to run XFree86 on it, : and of course I ran into trouble. Any help would be appreciated. [....] : So I'm configuring XF86, and don't have a clue. I select generic SVGA, : but the autodetect thinks my board has an Oak chip on it. Nothing works. : When I changed the XF86Config file to "generic VGA" and 300x200 things : came up. It was ugly, I was hating life. I was unable to get anything : better, and it occurs to me that many people are using this board and : are happy. Please point me in the right direction! [....] Bad news, but Matrox in their infinite wisdom think that their card is soooo good that people will buy their card even though Matrox won't issue a hardware spec (except under NDA). This has been discussed to death, the only bit I have *really* have a problem with (this doesn't mean I would ever buy Matrox - not until they change their attitude) is I *believe* that it says it's SVGA compatible ! Anyway, if you want to spend the money (I think about $100), you can get the commercial X server that *does* support Matrox cards, but IMO you should spend the $100 on a cheap SVGA card - not as fast, but better in principle. Follow up and I'm sure someone will tell you where to *buy* the software :-( -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....