Details

ManufacturerMatrox Graphics
ModelMillennium G550 Dual Head DDR 32Mb
Buspci
TypeVGA compatible controller
Id102b
Info22527
Info3102b
Info40f84

Ratings

Overall rating: 3.5 x 14

By Linux distribution:

  • Ubuntu 7.04 i386: 5.0 x 2
  • Debian 3.1 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 i586: 5.0 x 2
  • Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0: 5.0 x 2
  • Fedora 7 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 AuthenticAMD: -1.0 x 2
  • Debian lenny/sid i386: 5.0 x 2
  • Fedora 10 i386: 5.0 x 1
  • Ubuntu 10.04 i386: -3.0 x 1

Comments

Working video cards in 2D on Debian 3.1 i386 (kernel: 2.6.21-2-k7) by balazsb (5):

Dual-head support was better in kernel 2.4 than in 2.6.

Working video cards in 3D on Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0 (kernel: 2.6.22-rc6) by zdzichu (5):

Compiz do not work still.

Working video cards in 2D on Slackware 12.0.0 Slackware 12.0.0 (kernel: 2.6.22-rc6) by zdzichu (5):

Compiz do not work still.

Working video cards in 3D on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.23-gentoo-r3) by mephinet (-5):

no hw acceleration (DRI) with 2 heads

Working video cards in 2D on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.23-gentoo-r3) by mephinet (3):

2nd head only worked after major surgery.

now set up as two devices in xorg.conf:

Section “Device” Identifier “G550 0” Driver “mga” Option “NoHAL” “no” VendorName “Matrox” VideoRam 16384 BusID “PCI:1:0:0” Screen 0
EndSection

Section “Device” Identifier “G550 1” Driver “mga” Option “NoHAL” “no” VendorName “Matrox” VideoRam 16384 BusID “PCI:1:0:0” Screen 1
EndSection

with server options:

Option “Xinerama” “on” Option “Clone” “off” Option “AIGLX” “on”

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