Matrox drivers with Linux

[loadedmind]

I have a Matrox Millennium II PCI video card I'm trying to find drivers for. I guess the first problem is that I'm not sure how to go about installing them in the first place. First off, I've googlized "Matrox Millennium II drivers" at both

http://www.google.com

and

http://www.google.com/linux

to no avail. Part of the problem may very well be that I'm looking for a .tar.gz or some such extension and perhaps I need to be looking for something else? I was told that I needed to first install the drivers, then do a "modprobe mga", then edit the XF86Config and, if successful up to this point, add the entry to /etc/rc.d/rc.local. I'm using Slackware 9, but would assume the underlying installation concept would be similar for other distros, from what I've learned so far about Linux. If the question sounds dumb, I apologize. Still trying to get my head out of the M$ cloud of "Found New Hardware" and into the Linux frame of mind. Thanks in advance for any and all help.



~LoadedMind

 

[BadBigBen]

Hi there, I am using a Matrox G200 Millenium AGP card, salvaged out of an old Compaq, and didn't have any prob what so ever installing it into LINUX (it has the drivers on board...) btw I am using SuSE 8.1 (now upgraded to 8.2)...

Sorry I know that this post mostlikely doesn't help you any... but I do believe that there is a driver for it already...

Ben

 

[Morsing]

I agree with Ben. It should come with the X server for that card.

Cheers

Henrik Morsing
Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration
& p690 Technical Support