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  • How do I know if I am using Matrox's Linux driver for G400?

    How do I know if I am using Matrox's G400 driver in Linux? I am not sure if I am using the stock one from Red Hat (7.1) or the one I downloaded.

    Thank you in advance.
    Ant @ The Ant Farm (http://antfarm.ma.cx)

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    For one thing, Matrox's PowerDesk utility won't work with the the standard (XFree86) driver. You need Matrox's drivers (mga_drv.o and mga_hal_drv.o) for the utility to talk to the hardware.

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    • #3
      grep mga_hal /var/log/XFree86.0.log

      (or wherever your X log is kept)
      This will display some lines if you're using the Matrox driver.

      Alternatively:

      grep -q mga_hal /var/log/XFree86.0.log && echo "mga" || echo "stock"

      Martin

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Ees
        grep mga_hal /var/log/XFree86.0.log

        (or wherever your X log is kept)
        This will display some lines if you're using the Matrox driver.

        Alternatively:

        grep -q mga_hal /var/log/XFree86.0.log && echo "mga" || echo "stock"

        Martin
        Thanks Martin. Argh!

        [ant@ANTux-P2 ant]$ grep mga_hal /var/log/XFree86.0.log
        " nt@ANTux-P2 ant]$ grep -q mga_hal /var/log/XFree86.0.log && echo "mga" || echo "stock
        stock

        Is it me or does rerunning XConfigurator command not a good idea? I had to rerun it because I replaced my broken monitor. How do I reuse the Matrox's Linux driver without a reinstall or do I need to do a reinstall?

        Thank you in advance.
        Ant @ The Ant Farm (http://antfarm.ma.cx)

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Steve Snyder
          For one thing, Matrox's PowerDesk utility won't work with the the standard (XFree86) driver. You need Matrox's drivers (mga_drv.o and mga_hal_drv.o) for the utility to talk to the hardware.
          Right, the problem is that I had to replace my broken monitor. I reran Xconfigurator to tell Linux about the new monitor. I am not sure if Xconfigurator reverts back to XFree86's driver instead of Matrox.
          Ant @ The Ant Farm (http://antfarm.ma.cx)

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          • #6
            I hope redownloading and rerunning install.sh puts my drivers to Matrox. Do I need to edit anything for XF86Config-4 file?
            Ant @ The Ant Farm (http://antfarm.ma.cx)

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