From: Panos Katsaloulis (teras@writeme.com)
Date: Tue 02 Feb 1999 - 14:49:09 IST
Looks like a lot of people has problems with the Matrox Mystique card :-( So, I decided to give more information about what happened with me and svgalib - so maybe someone may help ! * I have SuSE 5.3 distribution with libc installed and kernel 2.0.35, I don't know if this is important... * I downloaded the latest 1.4.1 version of svgalib. * Before installing anything I deleted the old libraries from my system, just to be sure... * Now some info about my Makefile.cfg - maybe I do something wrong :-( directories: I don't change anything... TARGET_FORMAT = elf # USEGLIBC = yes ROOT_VC_SHORTCUT = y #BACKGROUND = y #ONE_MAP = y #INSTALLSTATICLIB = installstaticlib INSTALLSHAREDLIB = installsharedlib INSTALLAOUTLIB = installaoutcompat KEEPSHAREDLIBS = keep INSTALLUTILS = installutils INSTALLMAN = installman MANFORMAT = compressed Then, I comment out ALL drivers, except INCLUDE_VESA_DRIVER = y I comment out ALL autodetect, except INCLUDE_VESA_DRIVER_TEST = y - If I leave OAK driver uncommented, then the svga lib autodetects MAtrox Mystique as OAK - which is of course wrong ! I comment out ALL dac support. I comment out ALL dac support autodetect. SVGALIB_CONFIG_FILE = $(datadir)/libvga.config # DYNAMIC=y #USE_CLOCKS = y ALLOW_MOUSE_OVERRIDE = y Compiler section: I don't do any changes. * When I first tried to compile, I saw some warnings with "io.h" (and some other files too). When I created some symlinks form /usr/linux/include/asm-i386 the compilation worked o.k. * I do "make clean" & "make install" * I do some changes in /etc/vga/libvga.config: chipset VGA #chipset VESA The demo programs (al least some of them) work fine. * I change it to: # chipset VGA chipset VESA * Now I have the following symptoms: When I try to run a program (which run O.K. with VGA) I hear some strange noises and either I loose the console (I have to [ALT]+[F2]) or I see a blank screen (must hard reset - [CTRL]+[ALT]+[DEL] doesn't work :-( * The lrmi program vbetest makes a list of video modes and after selecting a number I have the same symptoms. Same with mode3. * I have already updated the BIOS to the latest version from the site of Matrox. That's all - I hope you can help me! :-)
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