Matrox G450 Dual Head

['Forum Post]

Tom Marshall Wrote: 
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 07:40:51AM -0500, 'Forum Post wrote:

> > 

> > Hi,

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > I've just purchased a used Matrox G450 PCI card. I've installed the

> > hardware, but Ubuntu 5.10 could not startup with it. I've
> reinstalled

> > Ubuntu 5.10, but my LCD screen remains black. The card is correctly

> > working under Windows XP.

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > My system is a Shuttle ST62K (Zen) with onboard ATI 9100IGP and a

> > Samsung SyncMaster 173P LCD display connected via the DVI
> connection.

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > I suppose that during installation Ubuntu recognize and install the
> ATI

> > drivers ignoring the PCI Matrox card or some other conflict occours.

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > Can you tell me what can I do to use this graphics card on Ubuntu?

> > Please try to explain considering that I'm still newbie with Linux

> > settings.

> 

> The first thing I would try is switching to a VT (ctrl+alt+f1) and
> running

> this command:

> 

> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

> 

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The comand works, I go through the configuration, but when restarting I
got the message that the x-server fails to start.


-- 
andras