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I just installed fedora 5 on my computer which has 3 monitors working in xp. I have a matrox g200 card that supports up to 4 monitors. Presently my main monitor works fine but my other 2 just have colorful streaks across them. I went to matrox's site and looked for new drivers (not that I know how to install drivers on linux yet anyway and the links to 3rd party drivers were either moved or pointed to sites that had nada to do with drivers. Any way to get all me monitors working with this card? My education starts.....now!!!
Last edited by extendedping; 05-18-2006 at 09:36 PM.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "NEC MultiSync P1150"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.0 - 94.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP"
EndSection
Ah so I stumped the forum? Help a newbie linux brother brothers...
No, just cant always reply the instant you post. A little patience goes a long way.
Now there are two ways to go from here, but in either case the first thing to do is backup your xorg.conf file.
First way is easy, but may not work. Start computer in runlevel 3. Login as root. Type X -configure, which will generate a test xorg.conf file in /root/. TO test it, type X -config /root/xorg.conf.test (file name from memory, it will tell you what to type after you have run X -configure).
If it works, cp /root/xorg.conf.test /etc/X11/xorg.conf
If that doesnt do the job, then we need the output of lspci. (if in runlevel 5 you need to type /sbin/lspci)
thanks, I tried, went to runlevel 3 and then typed the command but it didn't work. my screen went blank and I had to reboot. When I rebooted and looked for an xorg.conf.test I could not find it (I did an updatedb first...I guess I go to lspci next?
yeah. the output of lspci tells you the bus id of the graphics cards (matrox cards tend to identify as separeate cards, even though they are only one physical card)
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 03)
02:04.0 Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 03)
02:08.0 Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 03)
02:0c.0 Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 03)
Ok... you need an xorg.conf *something* like this:
But a warning: make sure you backup your xorg.conf file before you do this, as i dont have a matrox system to test it on. It should work, but i cant easily test for typos so be careful.
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
#Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen "Screen0"
Screen "Screen1" Leftof "Screen0"
Screen "Screen2" Rightof "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "NEC MultiSync P1150"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.0 - 94.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "NEC MultiSync P1150"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.0 - 94.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor2"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "NEC MultiSync P1150"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 31.0 - 94.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP"
BusID "PCI:2:00:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP"
BusID "PCI:2:04:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard2"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP"
BusID "PCI:2:08:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
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