[ubuntu-za] Matrox card on Lucid

[Andy Rabagliati]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Lee Sharp wrote:

> On 08/18/2010 10:37 AM, Andy Rabagliati wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> >     I upgraded a box at work that has a Matrox video addin card.
> >
> >     I jumped from Jaunty to Lucid, so I had to be a bit brutal with
> >     aptitude and dpkg, and I find that after all that I have lost
> >     the drivers for this card.
> 
> I would start with re-detection.  http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/xorg 
>   Try sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg which is described in more 
> detail here. 
> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/how_to_fix_your_computers_graphics_with_dpkg-reconfigure
> 
> If that fails, you may want to get a newer card.  That card is beyond old.

I tried dpkg-reconfigure - it did what I expected it would,
which was to back up my xorg.conf and try with no config file.

I had tried that myself before. It gives me VESA graphics.

This is a work box, and it is somewhat embarassing because it worked
fine until I did my lucid upgrade, and now I am stuck with VESA.

It has an onboard Intel card as well, but then I need an adaptor
to convert from the computer's VGA to the screen's DVI.

That is the route I will go if I can't get matrox drivers. I don't
need fancy graphics - I just need more than 640x480.

Cheers,   Andy!