Re: [UUG/MLUG] X server question

[Kmicic <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Not that I am an expert on this, but it seems like you have at least one
problem - card name definition.  You need to select your card from the list
when you are running your xconfig generating program ("XF86Config" on my
machine).

Another thing is you have not indicated which xserver you are using.  It is
generally safe to start with the svga server (sample ocnfiguration also
quoted below), but your card should run better under one of the accelerated
servers (that's why you need to pay attention when your xconfig program is
running, because it suggests the appropriate accelerated server, based on
your card name). You can tell what server yo uare running by either checking
where the X link in /usr/X11R6/bin is pointing to, or by forcing a different
server at startup by putting a .xserverrc (sample contents for the svga
server: exec XF86_SVGA) file in your user directory.

Someone please correct me if I am mistaken.

- Paul

Here are sections of your xfconfig which are of interest:

#lotsa stuff here

Section "Device"

    # this should be the proper device name for your card
    # but you need to verify it
    Identifier  "Matrox Millenium II 4MB"

    VendorName  "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"

    #if I read the README correctly, RAM is not detected properly on MMII
    VideoRam    4096

EndSection

#some stuff here


#example configuration for SVGA xserver

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"


    #changed the device name here to reflect the definition in Device section

    Device      "Matrox Millenium II 4MB"

    Monitor     "NEC Multisync XP17"

    # set to whatever you like - a useful option
    DefaultColorDepth 32

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth        8
        Modes       "1024x768"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
EndSection




#some stuff here

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