From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 12 8:49:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA6014CA5 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 1999 08:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt8-216-180-15-107.dialup.HiWAAY.net [216.180.15.107]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA32662; Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:49:11 -0500 (CDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (nospam.hiwaay.net [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA21092; Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:49:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Message-Id: <199906121549.KAA21092@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrew Boothman Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium II 4MB - Resolution In-reply-to: Message from Andrew Boothman of "Sat, 12 Jun 1999 14:31:29 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:49:04 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Andrew Boothman writes: > Hi! > > I've got a Matox Millenium II 4MB installed in my 3.1-RELEASE system. > > Under XF86Setup, I've tried selecting different resolutions, but the X server > refuses to start if a resolution higher then 640x480 is chosen. I've definately > got the correct card selected from the list in XF86Setup, and I've told it how > much RAM is on the card, because the README says that memory probing can be a > problem. > > One possible reason is the monitor which I got second-hand, and hence I don't > know much about it. I'd say it's about 14"-15" and is a Digital PCXBV-SC but > doesn't appear to be mentioned on Digital's web site. Is it possible that the > monitor is able to stop the X server from starting? > > I'd be really greatful for any help or comments. 640x480 is far to painful! :-) Works for me: vga0: rev 0x00 int a irq 15 on pci0.12.0 You might start at Matrox's web site http://www.matrox.com/ and look for updates. Apparently the Mill II has flashable BIOS, and Matrox has provided several updates. A new BIOS might be just what is needed for XFree86 to get started. Or maybe get the card initialized correctly at RESET, so XFree86 knows what to do about it. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message