Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:07:27 -0700 | From | Linda Walsh <> | Subject | Re: device support VGA compat Matrox MGA G200ew |
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Francois Romieu wrote: > Linda Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org> : > [...] > >> The only other Matrox G200 related option under the DRM support, but it >> says it requires /dev/agpgart to be enabled. I know the computer doesn't >> have an AGP 'slot' (the card is built-in), but is is possible AGP >> would still be the choice for the interface? >> > > Yes. lspci should list an AGP bridge. > ---- ok...then that's not the case.
It's a built-in graphics on a server, so it's not meant to be fancy.. just provide a basic console.
> See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1505532 > > X seems to know the G200eW. It may help you figuring if > drivers/video/matrox/* (see matroxfb_base.c for the IDs) can be made > to work with this revision or not. > ---- hmmm... so might be a matter of the driver not recognizing the card's specific id? > No idea if in-kernel DRM support still works. Imho it will fly like > a brick. > --- yeah, well w/o agp, it's a non-issue. I.e., it flew like lead brick.
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