Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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

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