From: Bob Sanders <rmsand@concentric.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dinosaur Matrox Mystique: corruption
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:49:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051117184919.017f1ff8@chi.speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890511170656x6977f2d3wd61ecd63d757abb3@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:56:18 +1000
"Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How would you recommend to go about trying vesa. That may be what Ubuntu is
> doing. Turn on vesa framebuffer?
>
Yes. Under - Device Driver --> Graphics support --> Select VESA VGA graphics support
The further down in the Gfx support section --> Console Display Driver Support -->
<*> VGA text console
<*> Video mode selection support
<*> Framebuffer Console support
> I backed down to 1024xsomething: vertical lines were scalloped/wavy. Someone
> mentioned this would be a timing issue, but I don't know what I'd do to
> microadjust timing? xvidtune? I'll try it.
>
Yes, xvidtune. Also, it mught be useful to download the mga.o from Matrox and
follow the instructions to replace the one in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (if I recall
the path correctly).
Bob
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-16 10:50 [gentoo-user] Dinosaur Matrox Mystique: corruption Alan E. Davis
2005-11-17 1:52 ` Bob Sanders
2005-11-17 14:56 ` Alan E. Davis
2005-11-18 2:49 ` Bob Sanders [this message]
2005-11-18 3:11 ` Alan E. Davis
2005-11-18 4:54 ` Bob Sanders
2005-11-19 5:36 ` Walter Dnes
2005-11-19 5:57 ` kashani
2005-11-20 3:45 ` Walter Dnes
2005-11-20 14:02 ` Alan E. Davis
2005-11-25 0:29 ` Alan E. Davis
2005-11-25 0:32 ` Alan E. Davis
2005-11-19 15:46 ` Hans-Werner Hilse
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