Yatsen Ng wrote:
and learned that the MGA driver in the current SVGA server (XF86_SVGA) supports the G200. O.k., so far so good. The thing is; that server was already included in the original package and if I recall correctly you choose the server after you specify your the card. That's where the problem is, really; The G200 isn't specified so I'd guess that it's the driver that's not included. What it all boils down to is; is the
I've done it this way, and it worked for both my Matrox Mill II's and my G200-- 1. Download either (a) the XF86Setup, xsvga, XFree86 3.3.2 that came with the SuSE 5.3 CD + the special matrox.rpm (has the G200 driver) from the SuSE ftp site; or, (b) the XFree86-3.3.3-3.rpm (which includes the Matrox G2 driver in its SVGA server) + whatever xfonts you want (xfnt100.., xfntbig..., xfntscl... + xfsetup-3.3.3-3.i386.rpm + xsvga-3.3.3-3.i386.rpm). 2. Install either (a) or (b) using rpm -Uhv <whateverthenameis>.rpm --force 3. Then run XF86Setup and pick your mouse, kbd, video card, monitor limits, resolution + color depth, then try it. -- Regards, Jep ________________________________ Penguin inside! Now, THAT'S cool! _________________________________ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>