Matrox dual-head graphics card not working in edgy

[Gary Jarrel]

I ran into a similar problem with my quad head card, try passing the
-ignoreABI switch to xorg when starting. Perhaps
http://www.nabble.com/gdm-and--ignoreABI-for-Xorg-in-Fedore-Core-6-t2520878.html
might be of some help as well!

Cheers,

-garyj

On 1/31/07, James Cummings <cummings.james at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> A recent upgrade to edgy has killed my dual-head matrox card.  By that
> I mean that it now only works with one monitor.
>
> I believe this is because there isn't a mga_hal driver available for xorg 7.1.1.
>
> the xorg log says:
>
> (II) Module mga_hal: vendor="Matrox Graphics Inc. - x86_32 - Release v4.4.0"
>         compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
> (EE) module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (1)
> (II) UnloadModule: "mga_hal"
> (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mga_hal_drv.so
>
> So I assume this means I need to hold on until matrox release an
> updated driver?  I just thought I'd ask in case I'm missing something.
>  Once you have two monitors going back to one feels so constricting.
>
> -James
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