Problex with Matrox G450 and XFree86 4.3.0 on 4.8-STABLE

[remy at boostworks.com]

On 22 May, Vladislav V. Zhuk wrote:
> On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 12:27:48AM -0700, Eric Anholt wrote:
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>> > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>> >          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>> >          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??)
>> >          unknown.
>> > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu May  8 14:36:26 2003
>> > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
>> > (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0)
>> > (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0)
>> > (EE) MGA(1): Not initializing the DRI on the second head
>> >
>> > I cant find any reference to the mga_hal module.  I know that
>> > Previously I needed to build the X Server with GXX_MATROX enable to
>> > use the matrox supplied HAL driver.
>>
>> The hal module is not needed for the DRI, generally.  I don't
>> completely understand how the DRI works with multihead Matrox.  I
>> think you're supposed to be able to do accelerated DRI on both heads
>> with the mga_hal module with one of the driver options, but I have
>> never tested it.
> 
> how to add mga_hal module to XFree 4.3 ?
> On the www.matrox.com I found driver only for linux and XFree 4.21 and
> below. Is this binary library
> (.../4.2.1/drivers/src/HALlib/mgaHALlib.a) from Matrox good for XFree
> 4.3 under FreeBSD 4.8S ??
> 
> PS: I have G400.
....

BTW, do someone have ever heard of a living entity that succeded in
having 2 (two) G450 PCI (not AGP) cards works with 4.8 and XF4.3.0 ?

(I mean NOT 'dual-head' via mga_hal. Just two cards running one monitor
per card).

TIA for any hint.

RN.
IhM