Re: Matrox G400 Dualhead

Petr Vandrovec (vandrove@vc.cvut.cz)
Mon, 02 Apr 2001 10:39:24 -0700


Trevor Hemsley wrote:

> I get this as well on my G200. From observation it appears that the
> refresh rate is being doubled when you exit X and that's why the
> console appears blank. On my system I normally use
>
> modprobe matroxfb vesa=263 fv=85
>
> to give a large text console. On return from X, if I blindly type
>
> fbset "640x480-60"
>
> then I get a visible screen back but my monitor tells me that it's
> running at 640x480@119Hz. Same thing for 800x600-60 only this one says
> 120Hz.

Unfortunately Matrox datasheet says that it is impossible :-( Can you
try 'fbset -depth 0; fbset -depth 8' ?
Petr
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