[plug] Matrox G200

[Nick Bannon]

On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 01:45:12PM +0800, Dale wrote:
> Ok I feel like I'm getting closer to fixing this problem, but!!!
> 
> Thsi is the only rpm i can find "XFree86-SVGA-3.3.2pl2-1.i386.rpm" i can't
> find no 3.3.3 i386 version, so...

As a workaround - the only thing you actually need is the 3.3.3 X server
binary. All your 3.3.2 configuration should be fine. You can install
3.3.2 and possibly get up and running in plain low-res VGA mode and then
simply replace ;
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA

(or the appropriate spot) with the copy you'll find in ;
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/XFree86/3.3.3.1/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc/Servers/XSVGA.tgz

If you later get hold of a 3.3.3 RPM, you can install that over the top.
If you reinstall 3.3.2, remember to copy your 3.3.3 binary over it. (You
might be able to do "diverts", but you'd have to remember to undivert
them when you got a 3.3.3 version anyway)

This procedure is currently working for me with a Debian 2.1 "slink"
machine with a Mystique G-200 and the X server binary of a few weeks ago.

> Is this the one I'm after "XFree86-SVGA-3.3.3.1-2.i686.rpm" Note the i686,
> so what the hell is a i686 rpm then?!? :)
[...]

Cyrix or Pentium Pro optimised version, perhaps? <shrug> May well still
work.

Nick.

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