Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:36:59 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Xorg 7.4 breaks mga with G450 Message-ID: <1233016619.88679.46.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901261613410.2383@wonkity.com> References: <%2B$PUWxC8yOfJFwC1@lap.knigma.org> <1232939280.1973.7.camel@wombat.2hip.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901260943380.1030@wonkity.com> <1233002689.88679.24.camel@squirrel.corp.cox.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0901261613410.2383@wonkity.com>
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--=-LIDtpD34XyR1IIrx5LIE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:23 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Robert Noland wrote: >=20 > > On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 10:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > >> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Robert Noland wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 22:50 +0000, Mark Knight wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I've been using the same PC with a Matrox G450 on AGP with a trusty = old > >>>> iiyama CRT monitor (Vision Master pro 410) for years. System is run= ning > >>>> FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p1 > >>>> > >>>> Having just upgraded to Xorg 7.4 from 7.3 and following the instruct= ions > >>>> in UPDATING I cannot get a stable picture. > >>>> > >>>> Using my stock xorg.conf (see below), or a brand new config version > >>>> created by "Xorg -configure" I get an extremely noisy (but stable) i= mage > >>>> if I lower resultion from my normal 1280x1024 to 1027x768. At the > >>>> standard resolution the monitor is unable to sync. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.knigma.org.uk/scratch/Xorg.0.log > >>>> http://www.knigma.org.uk/scratch/xorg.conf > >>>> > >>>> I've tried with and without DDC and with and without > >>>> HorizSync/VertRefresh and with and without SyncOnGreen (my monitor h= as > >>>> always product a slightly sharper picture with the latter). > >>>> > >>>> Any ideas? > >>> > >>> I think your on the right track... It sounds like the mode calculatio= n > >>> is off... I won't have access to mga hardware before next weekend, b= ut > >>> even then mine is connected to a panel. > >> > >> My G450 does the same (sync problem/noisy picture) on an LCD. > >> mga-1.4.9 does it too, so I'd suspect a change in xorg-server. > > > > I just discovered an issue... Can you forcibly rebuild the 1.4.9 driver > > against the new server and see if that works? >=20 > Not being sure what you mean by "forcibly". I have a copy of mga-1.4.9=20 > and mga-1.9.100 in /usr/ports/x11-drivers in addition to the current mga=20 > (1.9.100). I've been deinstalling (and cleaning) one before=20 > installing the other. Ok, that is disappointing... There are a few patches in git from matrox, but they all appear to be related to g200. robert. > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA >=20 --=-LIDtpD34XyR1IIrx5LIE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkl+VysACgkQM4TrQ4qfRONTgwCbBwrC3GzqkDPz+qC0/RNQ3NlW qtQAn2IQOykeOz5vD12ohEmCYe0pyMe2 =u1k1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-LIDtpD34XyR1IIrx5LIE--
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