[AG-TECH] Matrox G450 linux problems

[Bob Olson]

I've been poking around a bit tonight and it appears that the G450 is
causing some problems still in the current XFree4.0.2/RH7.1 beta. As a
dual-head card is definitely not required on the capture machines, at this
point I would recommend staying away from them for the Linux side. They
work great on Windows (modulo no 24-bit color on both heads, but then the
Appian cards don't support that either. Time tofigure out how to get fast
JPEG decode in 32-bit mode... ).

For those scoping out machine purchases, I'd peer at the XFree86 driver
pages at 

	http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/RELNOTES3.html#8

to ensure the card you are considering is supported.

--bob

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Bob Huebert wrote:

> Why not try two video cards - one for each display? It might even be 
> a less expensive solution.  I've got a TNT2 based card (agp) sitting 
> alongside an older ATI aiwp (pci). Both work fine with Xfree4.0. This 
> is my home machine - not our AGN.
> 
> -bob
> 
> At 11:00 AM -0700 3/26/01, John A. Greenfield wrote:
> >Has anyone else had problems with the linux install on some Matrox G450
> >Dual haed cards ? Some cards seem to work fine, others seem to hang the
> >graphics install mode and always hang X after a text mode install.
> >Does anyone have fixes for this ?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
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