From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050327 Description of problem: Per postings to the fedora-list, it was asked if anyone could give advice regarding configuring a Matrox G100 card during install and post install. The problem was present until the below was done to get Fedora Core 3 installed on this machine. Excerpt; So, I changed my video card and I installed FC3 without problems. I used ATI Rage video card. After this, a put my Matrox G100 back and I installed Debian. My HD has 2 Linux: FC3 and Debian. Debian uses XF86 and It found my video card Matrox G100 without problems. So, I entered at Debian, and I copied the text at /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to Fedora /etc/X11/xorg.conf I am sending these files. After this, Fedora works ok So, the problema is: FC3 can´t find Matrox G100 alone. I have to change de file /etc/X11/xorg.conf Thank you very much. Paulo Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Tried to give advice to use text install 2. Advice did not help 3. user found a solution, though more work than should be required to install FC3 4. Advised to file report to make future installations a bit less painful. 5. Submitted report to help resolve this matrox G110 problem for FC4 and future releases. Also to allow current FC3 users to get some help to correct problem. Actual Results: 1. no problem, email went out 2. did not know resolution 3. Happy to see another user of FC3 and steps to get it installed. 4. Bugzilla is a little too complicated for users where English is not their native language. Wanting to see an improvement in future versions installability, passing on info to resolve Marox issue. Expected Results: 1 and 2. no advice needed. The installation went flawlessly. 4 and 5. - Bugzilla needs to be simplified and easy for sight impaired and other than English usage improved. (Another bug issue RFE) Additional info: There are several configuration files generated during install and after installation that will be added to the report. These were from the user that found the solution to overcome the config error for x11.
Created attachment 112950 [details] During install attempt temp-ramfs-x.log This file was during install attempt
Created attachment 112951 [details] temp-x.log.log During install attempt
Created attachment 112952 [details] temp-XConfig.test during install attempt
Created attachment 112953 [details] What Debian install did using same hardware/ computer This configuration file worked. This was used to get Fedora working also.
Created attachment 112954 [details] xorg.conf I think this is the bombed xorg.conf file for this card. Submitting on behalf of another user, I am not sure.
Created attachment 120105 [details] Matrox G200 on FC4 I am trying to setup a Matrox Millinium G200 and cannot get the secondary display to show anything. The primary display has to be configured manually.
Created attachment 120106 [details] Xorg.conf for Matrox Some editing was done to allow 1280x1024 resolution.
refer to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144597 for troubles with the dual displays on rawhide. (Last six attachments) I at least get a display withy rawhide. However, when booting, the main display (Intel 815) goes through POST, Grub loader and partially displays when booting the kernel. Then the secondary display shows thebooting messagesand login screen. Once X starts, you get a screen displayed on the Intel 815 (primary), but only a terminal on VT 1-6 switching.When using the dual head display mode. 1280x1024 is on the main display (Intel) but only blotchy segments with video information (colors of desktop seen for background image (all mangled) The screen menu shows640x480 resolutions on any display attached to it.
I cannot decode this bug report myself and seemed to submit part based on another person's problem. The MGA card that I tried to configure dual-boot now displays portions of the text boot and when configured as dual display only shows garbage which is unreadable (not viewable just changing garbage which changes when mouse hovered over screen area.) Marking bug as deferred since I cannot distinguish what the actual problem was from reviewing report.