X.Org/Dual Monitors/Matrox

= Preparation = Install the Matrox driver.

= Without Hardware Acceleration = Follow the general X.Org/Dual Monitors guide.

Hardware Acceleration
With the G200, G450, and G550 in some configurations, the vanilla mga driver isn't enough to get dual head working. You also need the binary HAL driver from Matrox. The latest version hides at ftp://ftp.matrox.com/pub/mga/archive/linux/2005/

To get the hardware acceleration with dual Monitors, You need the additional driver from Matrox called "mga_hal_drv.o". It might not be available for your version of the X server, though.

Copy it to. Now you can use a configuration like this: