[Bug 58721] Re: Edgy upgrade breaks multiple Matrox cards

[rix]

I've got a Matrox MGA G550 and I've experienced various kinds of X
crashes after upgrading to edgy. I've tried all the solutions proposed
above and here is the combination that works for me:

- No framebuffer enabled in xorg.conf and no special kernal module
loaded (I'm using standard edgy kernel)

- Added vga=795 (1280x1024 resolution) in kernel parameters
(/boot/grub/menu.lst). Without this it was booting with a very dark
screen and the monitor was refusing to display anything after gdm
started;

- I've upgraded the driver to John's backport above to have 3D (e.g
screensaver) working. without this upgrade gnome-screensaver was giving
a blank screen before crashing X.

Now it seems to work very well and MUCH faster then VESA.

Thanks for the tips and I hope this combination may help other G550
users.

Riccardo

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Edgy upgrade breaks multiple Matrox cards
https://launchpad.net/bugs/58721