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I need Ubuntu 11.04 drivers for a Matrox G400.

I put the video card in and nothing came up on the screen, so I guess there are no drivers of any kind for Ubuntu 11.04.

So do I have to load the drivers first using my old card, if so, how do I do it?

Cas
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jbander
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Does it recognize your new card

lspci | grep VGA

Have you run

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade

Then checked in Additional Drivers?

wojox
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Checked in Matrox's website for drivers and as assumed they have left out the legacy drivers.

You can do two things

  • Try using one of g450 series, see if it resolves the issue.
  • or mail the authority asking, that you need an old driver.
Quazi Irfan
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Matrox G400 should have working open source drivers supplied with x.org. It may be that the correct driver just doesn't get loaded automatically. This happens with some older intel graphics chips too.

Try putting this into /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Configured Video Device"
    Driver "mga"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Monitor "Configured Monitor"
    Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Seppo Erviälä
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