Xubuntu 6.06 running full screen on T55D

typing this on full screen Xubuntu 6.06 live CD, running on my IBM T55D monitor, with my G200 mga card.

using the drivers from mga dated July 28, 2006

matrox_driver-x86_32-4.4.0.tar.gz

they move things around, so Google or search directly on their site:
http://www.matrox.com
for the linux mga g200 driver.

minor note; xubuntu puts X modules in
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers

contains up to xorg 7.0.0 drivers (so works with this version of Xubuntu; not tried with more recent releases)

the key entries in xorg.conf were in the mga driver, to enable my flat panel:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200"
Driver "mga"
BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
Option "DigitalScreen1" "yes"
EndSection

then make sure monitor frequencies were set:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31.5 - 95.0
VertRefresh 59.0 - 61.0
Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync

EndSection

K6 449 + T55D + mga g200

old system, keeps on ticking....

most fun is the old digital video card....
default linux distros don't have the correct driver;

most run in 800x600 with vesa drive;

if they are "smart" they pick up the mga, but don't have the exact version...

matrox site has updated drivers (to xorg 7.0.0) that have the magic

Option "DigitalScreen1" "yes"
to make the IBM Flat Panel T55D work ...

G3 iMac DV

system 1 is an old G3 iMac DV (snow)

can be found used locally here in Toronto today for $250 (Canadian) (cpused.com)

my 30gig hard disk died, replaced with smaller older 6 gig

running xubuntu 6.06 with edubuntu packages loaded

yet another tech blog begins

Just setup this to capture notes from work and home...

mostly will involve opensource installs/crashes etc, on older hardware