Following a shuffle round of computers, I have put together a new machine for day to day office work and I've put a G400 dual-head graphics card in. I've got two HD monitors hooked up to it and I'm running Linux Mint Debian Edition (a Debian-testing based distro). X -version reveals that this includes
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X.Org X Server 1.9.5
Release Date: 2011-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
I've managed to get an xorg.conf file put together which I believe should give me a dual-head display however despite several experiments with various drivers I'm unable to get the second screen to show any signs of life. Xorg.0.log showing the following:
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[ 18.272] (--) MGA(1): Chipset: "mgag400" (G400)
[ 18.272] (EE) MGA(1): This card requires the "mga_hal" module for dual-head operation
It can be found at the Matrox web site <http://www.matrox.com>
[ 18.272] (II) UnloadModule: "mga"
[ 18.272] (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
If I install the binary driver from this site, I don't get a graphical display at all (with unresolved symbol errors in Xorg.0.log), with the mga_drv.so from my distribution, I get a lovely clear 1920x1080 display on one monitor only...
Is there any way I can run this card twin-head with modern Linux? I've looked through the forum and it's looking like the most up-to-date linux distribution that people are reporting success with is Debian Lenny. I'd really rather use something a little more modern. Alternatively should I just go back to the parts bin and look for another card?
Thanks for any pointers!
--Toby W.
