8.17. DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)

8.17. DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)

Please read the main DirectFB section for general information.

This video output driver will enable CRTC2 (on the second head) on Matrox G400/G450/G550 cards, displaying video independent of the first head.

Ville Syrjala's has a README and a HOWTO on his homepage that explain how to make DirectFB TV output run on Matrox cards.

Note

the first DirectFB version with which we could get this working was 0.9.17 (it's buggy, needs that surfacemanager patch from the url above). Porting the CRTC2 code to mga_vid has been planned for years, patches are welcome.