RE: [TCLUG:3569] Matrox Mystique G200 AGP and X

[Nate Carlson <natecars@infiniteloop.com>]

XFree3.3.3.1 fixed matrox support.

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Nate Carlson
the infinite loop
natecars@infiniteloop.com

On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Schlough, Mark (NM IT) wrote:

> I upgraded to XFree 3.3.3 for my Matrox G200 AGP.  I could only get 256
> colors in X.
> 
> I went back to  using the 4Meg S3 Virge card.  Works way better than the
> matrox did... at least for me.
> 
> Oh, by the way Tom, I figured out what to do about the blinking.  The card
> wasn't _totally_ in the bus slot.  It was almost totally in.  I't in nicha
> nd snug now, no blinks!!!
> 
> Mark
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Tom Cross [SMTP:tomc@kendeco.com]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, January 13, 1999 5:54 PM
> > To:	tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> > Subject:	Re: [TCLUG:3569] Matrox Mystique G200 AGP and X
> > 
> > On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Christopher Palmer wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Hans Davin Umhoefer wrote:
> > > 
> > > > NP. Just wish you could get it working without the upgrade. :(
> > > 
> > > Yeah well. I figured I'd need to do the upgrade, as well. *sigh*
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help. :^)
> > 
> > Nowadays, upgrading XFree86 is easy.  Just download the rpms (or deps) and
> > upgrade away.
> > 
> > Of course, if you have to wait for the download, it bites, but I just
> > setup a mirror script to run at 2am to download all of the updates for
> > RedHat 5.2 and wait a few days for it to catch up, then upgrade away...
> > 
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