What I meant, of course(!) was HOW do you install downloaded packages! <p>Yatsen Ng wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>I've got the exact same problem you do! You should to go to the XFree86 site at <br><a href="http://www.xfree86.org/"><A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/</a">http://www.xfree86.org/</a</A>> They probably have what you need. I went to that page <br>and learned that the MGA driver in the current SVGA server (XF86_SVGA) supports <br>the G200. O.k., so far so good. The thing is; that server was already included in the original <br>package and if I recall correctly you choose the server <i>after</i> you specify your the card. <br>That's where the problem is, really; The G200 isn't specified so I'd guess that it's the <br>driver that's not included. What it all boils down to is; <i>is the driver included <b>with</b> the server?</i> <br>Forgive the stupid questions but I'm used to just downloading a driver and installing it! <br>The SuSE manual is pretty good but they don't really cover things like this. How, for example, <br>do you install downloaded packages? This is crucial information. <br> </blockquote>

I tried to download the matrox.rpm from the SuSE ftp site but didn't quite succeed in doing so. Keep in mind that I tried to download using windows, since I haven't managed to set up linux yet because of all this crap I'm running into (I'm trying to, that's why I keep posting these messages!). First of all, the RealPlayer plugin looks kind of weird (all bloated) and second, after the download I get an error message when I try to play the thing. This is the first time I've encountered RealPlayer during a download. What's the deal with this? The bottomline is; I can't download from the SuSE ftp site. I also looked for the matrox.rpm on the XFree86 site but couldn't find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jep Hill wrote:

Yatsen Ng wrote:

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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.

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