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xserver-xorg-video-mga package

  1. Bug #58721
  2. Comment #70

Comment 70 for bug 58721

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rix (focardi) wrote :

I've got a Matrox MGA G550 and I've experienced various kinds of X crashes after upgrading to edgy. I've tried all the solutions proposed above and here is the combination that works for me:

- No framebuffer enabled in xorg.conf and no special kernal module loaded (I'm using standard edgy kernel)

- Added vga=795 (1280x1024 resolution) in kernel parameters (/boot/grub/menu.lst). Without this it was booting with a very dark screen and the monitor was refusing to display anything after gdm started;

- I've upgraded the driver to John's backport above to have 3D (e.g screensaver) working. without this upgrade gnome-screensaver was giving a blank screen before crashing X.

Now it seems to work very well and MUCH faster then VESA.

Thanks for the tips and I hope this combination may help other G550 users.

Riccardo