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xserver-xorg-video-mga package

  1. Bug #154231
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 154231

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Cesare Falco (c.falco) wrote :

The bug still affects gutsy.

My G550 is an older one with the standard VGA connector as the first output and the DVI connector (which I use with my Samsung SyncMaster 152T LCD monitor) is the second one. Each time I installed Ubuntu from scratch or updated it, I ran into same problem: blank screen with blinking led meaning no input segnal. And yes, the problem is only solved with the Hal closed source library.

Unfortunately, Matrox stepped back and they no longer directly support the linux driver for their cards. However, they are still maintained as "unofficial" ones. Look here: http://matrox.tuxx-home.at/viewtopic.php?t=153
I wonder whether those driver can be included in Ubuntu as restricted ones.