From: Chris Purnell (cjp@oit.net)
Date: Wed 30 Aug 2000 - 19:20:53 IDT
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:33:55AM -0500, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, matteopalma@libero.it wrote: > > I've a matrox G400 32M and use VESA driver for it. > > Well, the only resolutions I can see are those under or equal > > 800x600.... if I try to use higer resolutions the console crash > > (graphically...). The problem doesn't seem to be influenced by > > the number of color used. > Reports I read are that the BIOS in Matrox G200 and G400 does not have > higher resolutions than 800x600. The BIOS on my G200 can do 1024x768 and 1280x1024. > > What can I do?!? > The only way to use Matrox cards in svgalib at higher resolution is to > write a driver, which is not very hard. I'd start with checking the monitor settings in /etc/vga/libvga.config -- Christopher John Purnell | A friend in need's a friend in deed http://www.lost.org.uk/ | A friend with weed is better --------------------------| A friend with breasts and all the rest What gods do you pray to? | A friend who's dressed in leather
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