From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 24 12:26:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4863416A41F for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:26:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72DA43D46 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:26:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7OCQ2LX002312 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id j7OCPlgt033950; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:25:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gallatin) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <17164.26443.329814.519313@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:25:47 -0400 (EDT) To: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-Reply-To: <86mzn78rlj.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <20050824092349.30999.qmail@paladin.fortunaty.net> <86vf1v8t3l.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050824094847.31194.qmail@paladin.fortunaty.net> <86mzn78rlj.fsf@xps.des.no> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Cc: Stijn Hoop , Andrew Gallatin , Andreas Hauser , "Devon H.O'Dell" , Stefan Ehmann , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Eric Anderson Subject: Re: fontsize and dpi X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:26:20 -0000 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav writes: > Andreas Hauser writes: > > See here e.g., it works with D-SUB but not DVI > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D3654 > > It also works with the nvidia driver, unfortunatly there is none f= or > > freebsd/amd64. >=20 > There is no reference to physical dimensions or resolution in the bu= g > report you quote. >=20 > > If you know of a fanless dual DVI graphics adapter that does 1600x= 1200 for > > under 100 Euro, i would gladly buy it. Currently it's a Siemens-Fu= jitsu OEM > > only nvidia 5200, dual DVI, fanless for 42 Euro, which at least wo= uld work > > if there was a freebsd/amd64 driver from nvidia (though i'd prefer= X nv). >=20 > Matrox Millenium G550 >From mga(4x): Support for the second head on G400 cards requires a binary-only "mga_hal" module that is availabl= e from Matrox , and may be on the CD supplied w= ith the card. That module also provides various other enhancements, and= may be necessary to use the DVI (digital) output on the G550 (an= d other cards). Last I checked, that mga_hal module is x86 only, and I know it is requred to use DVI on a G450. Drew