Specifications

VIA chipset support table
These VIA chipsets have been reported to work. If yours is not listed, please send a message to one
of the DDCcontrol mailing lists (see Appendix A, Report problems and successes).
Name
Works
dev PCI
VIA VT8623 [Apollo CLE266] in-
tegrated CastleRock graphics
No Yes
VIA S3 Unichrome Pro VGA Ad-
apter
No Yes
Matrox
G200/G400/G450/G550 series
Matrox cards only work with /dev/i2c-* devices. To use them, you must load both matroxfb
and i2c-matroxfb modules by typing, as root:
# modprobe matroxfb
# modprobe i2c-matroxfb
The kernel configuration options needed to enable Matrox framebuffer driver and I2C support are,
at least:
• Devices drivers->Graphics support->Framebuffer support->Matrox acceleration.
• Devices drivers->Graphics support->Framebuffer support->Matrox acceleration-
>G100/G200/G400/G450/G550 support.
• Devices drivers->Graphics support->Framebuffer support->Matrox acceleration->Matrox I2C
support.
Matrox cards support table
These Matrox cards have been reported to work. If yours is not listed, please send a message to one
of the DDCcontrol mailing lists (see Appendix A, Report problems and successes).
Name
Works
dev PCI
Matrox G200 AGP No No
Matrox G450 AGP Yes No
Supported graphics cards
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