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#! rnews 1532 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!IntGame!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!reason.cdrom.com!usenet From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: MATROX METEOR (standard) for FreeBSD on 586 (PCI) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 16:03:01 -0800 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 22 Message-ID: <31339BB5.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> References: <4gbtbq$brm@raffles.technet.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) To: Maverick Research Inc Pte Ltf <maverick@po.pacific.net.sg> Maverick Research Inc Pte Ltf wrote: > > Has anyone tested the FreeBSD driver for Matrox Metoer ? I am Yes! I'm using it now. > I have linked the kernel with meteor driver support. > I constantly get the message "meteor: open failed" whenever I run any > of the example prorgams. > > I also noticed that the kernel bootup messages say > "meteor00<Matrox Meteor> rev 0 int a irq 11 on pci:9 > meteor_attach: mx:264566400: invalid unit number" That is interesting, and points to a possible problem with your PCI configuration (e.g. you have a conflict or misconfiguration error of some sort). My own probe looks like this: meteor0 <Matrox Meteor> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:9 -- - Jordan Hubbard President, FreeBSD Project