Matrox G200 (ya I know...)

dareino · 05-22-2004, 07:17 PM

I built a system w/some VERY old parts and having probs with the Matrox G200 card. I am runing the FC2 final distro. The problem is lack of screen resolution choices....I only get 800x600 or 640x 480....Not sure how to upgrade the drivers as Matrox does not have Linux drivers....

I will evenutally upgrade the card but in the mean time , any suggestions on adding more resolutions?

xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Matrox Millennium G200"
EndSection
ce"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Matrox Millennium G200"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"

thxs
dareino

jailbait · 05-22-2004, 08:07 PM

"I built a system w/some VERY old parts and having probs with the Matrox G200 card. I am runing the FC2 final distro. The problem is lack of screen resolution choices....I only get 800x600 or 640x 480....Not sure how to upgrade the drivers as Matrox does not have Linux drivers...."

The limiting factor is the amount of memory on the G200 card. There is just not enough memory on the card to support more than 800x600.

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dareino · 05-22-2004, 08:51 PM

dang.....thxs

dareino

Magnetar · 09-24-2004, 12:19 AM

Dont believe the hype i have a g200 agp with 8mb of ram on fedora core 2 and gentoo stage1 with 1600x1200 24 @ 75 on a 21in Panasync monitor

the mga driver in XF86 works fine if you change your XF86Conf file try it it works mgag200 specifically- seems that xorg doesnt do the same though

edit- Have it working with Slackware 10 with Dropline Gnome 2.6 up to date as of 9-24

Here's my xorg.conf
Has GL enabled - only 60fps or so with GLXGears - Dbe is setup for use with vmware- its setup for a logitech scroll mouse too

1600x1200 @ 75 16 and I have screenshots for any doubters
and you can get 1280x1024 @ 85(it may be 75 not sure) 24

Code:

 
#Xorg.conf for matrox millenia g200 8mb of ram
Section "Module"

Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

    SubSection  "extmod"
    EndSubSection

    Load        "type1"
    Load        "speedo"
    Load        "freetype"
#    Load        "xtt"
    Load       "glx"
    Load       "dri"
    Load       "GLcore"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

    RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"


    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************


# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Keyboard1"
    Driver	"Keyboard"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"	"xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"	"pc101"
    Option "XkbLayout"	"us"
    Option "XkbVariant"	"1"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "Auto"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "1"
    HorizSync	30-95
    VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection 


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "1"
    Driver      "mga"
    #VideoRam    8192
# Option "mga_sdram"
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "1"
    Monitor     "1"
    DefaultDepth 16

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection