Jörg wrote:
Just a quick note on my successful installation of 3D acceleration on my MATROX G550 dual head graphics card. Allows me to play the arcade game Armagetron on SUSE Linux 9.0.
see also ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/archive/linux/2003/lnx30notes.txt
1. get mgadrivers-3.0.tgz from www.matrox.com 2. tar xvzf mgadrivers-3.0.tgz 3. cd mgadrivers 4. su 5. sh install.sh 6. change in /etc/sysconfig/kernel MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=" cdrom ide-cd ide-scsi" to MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT=" cdrom ide-cd ide-scsi mga agpgart"
7. cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config_bac 8. change in /etc/X11/XF86Config Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "speedo" Load "v4l" Load "extmod" EndSection
to
Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "speedo" Load "v4l" Load "extmod" EndSection
and save in /etc/X11/XF86Config_with_3D
You can leave Multihead activated.
To use 3D and one monitor, do cp /etc/X11/XF86Config_with_3D /etc/X11/XF86Config
to use both monitors and no 3D, do cp /etc/X11/XF86Config_bac /etc/X11/XF86Config
and reboot.
I have a Matrox 450, and according to the link you referenced above, your changes should be valid for this card as well. I thought I had done all of the above awhile back, but I left out the module changes. I had never tried running Armagetron before, but I just checked and it works. I still can't run tuxracer though. When I start tuxracer I hear the music and I get the the following in red letters on a black screen: Signal Frequency is out of range FH: 28 kHz FV: 57 Hz Please change signal timing And what may be related... All my screensavers work individually, but only about 30% work when "random" screensaver is selected. About 70% of the time all I get is a black screen with random set. Gary