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Re: Matrox G550 + mga driver hangs system

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Tony Stoneley composed on 2017-03-29 14:36 (UTC+0100):

> I'm trying an experimental upgrade from stable to testing on an
> elderly system with a Matrox Millenium G550 graphics adaptor plugged
> directly into the motherboard, using the mga driver, and have run into
> a brick wall with the xserver. When started, eg with startx, the
> system immediately freezes and the only escape seems to be reboot. In
> particular ctrl-alt-Fn has no effect in this state, which makes
> diagnosis tricky. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

> [Mandatory declaration, having read the rubrics: I am not subscribed
> to this list (for fear of drowning). I just read the web archive....

Seriously?
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:11:52 -0400
Subject: Re: Matrox G550 - MGA X server fails
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg00895.html
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Matrox G550 + mga driver hangs system "Tony Stoneley" <ajms@ajms.ukfsn.org> - 2017-03-29 16:10 +0200
  Re: Matrox G550 + mga driver hangs system <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-03-29 16:40 +0200
    Re: Matrox G550 + mga driver hangs system "Tony Stoneley" <ajms@ajms.ukfsn.org> - 2017-03-29 22:00 +0200
  Re: Matrox G550 + mga driver hangs system Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-29 17:30 +0200
  Re: Matrox G550 + mga driver hangs system Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-03-30 11:30 +0200
  Re: Matrox G550 + mga driver hangs system kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2017-04-02 17:20 +0200

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