I am encountering X11 issues with the embedded Matrox G200eW chipset on a server motherboard (Supermicro). The server board has only x8 PCI-e slots; no x16 slots (required for the VGA cards readily available).
Debian Squeeze (amd64) stock 2.6.32 kernel installed by the distro.
The Linux kernel fails to load the MGA (Xorg) driver and falls back to VESA Frame Buffer driver. The VESA driver does not support the hardware features that our application needs (xawtv/tvtime).
I have searched but have not found any conclusive solution to the problem. A few have suggested installing a PCI Express x1 VGA card like this one [a].
Please share OEM/model + Indian vendor, in case you have come across anyone stocking PCI express x1 VGA cards.
TIA
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Arun Khan knura9@gmail.com wrote:
I have searched but have not found any conclusive solution to the problem. A few have suggested installing a PCI Express x1 VGA card like this one [a].
Oops, forgot to provide the link [a] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500299
Is there a problem upgrading to wheezy.
Afaik Maxcom electronics chunam lane sells a number of graphics cards.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 6:01 PM, J T Dsouza jtd1959@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a problem upgrading to wheezy.
I solved the problem partially by building a 3.10.17 kernel; it has settings for "Matrox server engines"
Afaik Maxcom electronics chunam lane sells a number of graphics cards.
Thanks, I will follow up with them.
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