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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!news.imag.fr!knaff From: knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr (Alain Knaff) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 27 Aug 1996 10:08:32 GMT Organization: None Lines: 36 Message-ID: <slrn525i9j.gjk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <stephenkDvp30A.366@netcom.com> <4u7hv4$jcd@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <slrn50epup.vrk.knaff@choiseul.inrialpes.fr> <4u9oeg$91j@rigel.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> <32093E50.39EB@aloha.net> <slrn50ipqh.a9.cbbrowne@dantzig.brownes.org> <32097C81.167EB0E7@star-gate.com> <3209F875.3652CCE1@pobox.com> <320B5C98.38201961@xinside.com> <320B894A.5BFAB1C1@pobox.com> <4umjgf$d4o@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4umq90$ho4@idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be> <4us57j$f0c@guysmiley.blarg.net> <4v9q4 8$et@anorak.coverform.lan> <01bb93a7$aa6221c0$529fd8cd@thanatos.adnc.com> <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net> Reply-To: Alain.Knaff@inrialpes.fr NNTP-Posting-Host: isis.imag.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.8.4 (BETA) UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:21058 comp.os.linux.development.system:30485 comp.os.linux.x:38975 comp.os.linux.hardware:48627 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1068 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4715 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4474 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:26192 In <3222A2C3.7833@bayarea.net>, Brian F. Kimball <kimball@bayarea.net> wrote: :Sean Hafeez wrote: : :> Damm. I was just going to post to ask if I could run Linux on my system :> with my 8MB Matrox card. What exactly is the deal with the drivers for a :> Matrox card (this thread does not go back far enough on my news :> sever..sorry)? I personal have always found Matrox to be a great company. :> Email is answered by the next day and driver problems are addressed ASAP. :> Also, being as I run OS/2 I am very happy with them because other their :> continuing support of OS/2. : :Some people have the wrong impression that Matrox is refusing to give :information about their cards to XFree if the source will be available. That's understandable, given the fact that they have only changed their ways two weeks ago :-) :That used to be the case, now they have changed their ways. I'm using :a 4MB Millenium card and it works great with RedHat 3.0.3/MetroX. There MetroX (and Xinside) is a different matter. It was already available before they changed their ways, as it is a _commercial_ X server. The disadvantage of those is their price, and their slow bug fix cycle. Hopefully, now that the info is available to the public, we will soon see an Xfree86 with Matrox support. :are no problems. : : Brian Kimball -- Linux - Why use Windows, since there is a door? Alain