tlug: Re: XF86config for Matrox cards

[Dennis McMurchy <denismcm@example.com>]

On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Alan B. Stone wrote:

> I think you may have struck the right chord.  Recently I installed a new
> card in a friends computer which had onboard video support.  I had to
> remove a jumper on his board to disable the onboard video before I could
> configure his computer for the new card.  

  Good to know that this has worked in some cases.  I'll probably give
it a shot once I have a Matrox-configured X to try out on it.
 
> Although, according to one of the Linux Manuals I have here, recompiling
> the kernel should not be looked upon as a tasking, hair pulling
      ^^^^^^
> experience, but one in which you will gain indepth knowledge - which you
> can in turn impart to the rest of us :-)

  Yeah, recompiling the kernel is a piece of cake.  I've done it so many
times now, that I don't even need to look at my notes anymore before doing
it.  What the XFree86 programmers are talking about is rolling your own
customized X-Server, which is something different, and that I have no
experience with at all.

  As I said before, any pointers would be most welcome.

Dennis McMurchy, 
Sointula, B.C. / Tojinmachi, Fukuoka
Canada           Japan


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