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[Jim Cornette]

starcycle at gmail.com wrote:
> update: i found an old xorg.conf from a backup that was known to be
> working in xorg 7 on this hardware, and plugged that into the X11
> directory. it doesn't work as is, but if i change the driver parameter
> from mga to vesa, it works perfectly, 1280x1024 at 24 depth. so i have
> to conclude that either there is a bug in the fedora mga xorg driver,
> or mga requires a configuration option in fedora that's unknown to me.
> does anyone else have a matrox working in fedora?
> 
> thanks for the responses. i'll just use the vesa driver w/out
> acceleration for now.
> 
> -sc
> 

It seems that the mga is busted.

There are info pages for the video drivers. try 'info mga' to see if you 
can play around with options to stop blanking the screen.

Try
Options "NoAccel"
first, also the hal module could be the culprit.

Though with the blank screen until rebooting, you might feel like you 
are running windows. :-)

Jim

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