[Gllug] Video card recommendation

[robin.c.smith at bt.com]

I asked the question about which videocard I should buy and the response was
mostly in favour G450.
I have just found a goodish webpage for this card:-
http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/article.php?sid=256

Robin

-----Original Message-----
From: tet at accucard.com [mailto:tet at accucard.com]
Sent: 03 September 2001 15:35
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Video card recommendation 



>Odd. The mga_hal.o module was *required* for *any* output when I had the
>G450, whereas the G200, G400 (and Max) in both single and dual head
flavours
>worked fine without it. Are you sure you're not getting mixed up?

Yep, positive. Or at least, 99% positive. I ordered a G450. I haven't
actually checked that the machine they delivered has a G450 rather
than a G400 dual-head...

It's an IBM Intellistation M-Pro. Their web site lists it as coming with
a G450, so unless something's gone horribly wrong, then that's what it is.
And yes, I'm 100% positive there's no mga_hal.o:

	isengard:~# find /usr -name '*mga*' -print
	/usr/share/man/man1/pnmgamma.1.gz
	/usr/bin/pnmgamma
	/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/mga_dri.so
	/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_drv.o
	/usr/X11R6/man/man4/mga.4.gz
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/drivers/char/drm/mga_bufs.c
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/drivers/char/drm/mga_context.c
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/drivers/char/drm/mga_dma.c
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/drivers/char/drm/mga_drm.h
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/drivers/char/drm/mga_drv.c
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/drivers/char/drm/mga_drv.h
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/drivers/char/drm/mga_state.c
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/modules/mga_drv.stamp
	/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/include/linux/modules/mga_drv.ver

Tet

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