Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration
details specific to this driver.
The driver auto-detects the chipset type, but the following ChipSet names may optionally be specified in
the config file "Device" section, and will override the auto-detection:
"mga2064w", "mga1064sg", "mga2164w", "mga2164w agp", "mgag100", "mgag200", "mgag200 pci", "mgag400",
"mgag550".
The G450 is Chipset "mgag400" with ChipRev 0x80.
The driver will auto-detect the amount of video memory present for all chips except the Millennium II.
In the Millennium II case it defaults to 4096 kBytes. When using a Millennium II, the actual amount of
video memory should be specified with a VideoRam entry in the config file "Device" section.
The following driver Options are supported:
Option"ColorKey""integer"
Set the colormap index used for the transparency key for the depth 8 plane when operating in 8+24
overlay mode. The value must be in the range 2-255. Default: 255.
Option"HWCursor""boolean"
Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: on.
Option"MGASDRAM""boolean"
Specify whether G100, G200 or G400 cards have SDRAM. The driver attempts to auto-detect this
based on the card's PCI subsystem ID. This option may be used to override that auto-detection.
The mga driver is not able to auto-detect the presence of of SDRAM on secondary heads in multihead
configurations so this option will often need to be specified in multihead configurations.
Default: auto-detected.
Option"NoAccel""boolean"
Disable or enable acceleration. Default: acceleration is enabled.
Option"AccelMethod""string"
Chooses between available acceleration architectures. Valid options are XAA and EXA. XAA is the
traditional acceleration architecture and support for it is very stable. EXA is a newer
acceleration architecture with better performance for the Render and Composite extensions, but the
rendering code for it is newer and possibly unstable. The default is XAA.Option"OverclockMem"
Set clocks to values used by some commercial X Servers (G100, G200 and G400 only). Default: off.
Option"PciRetry""boolean"
Enable or disable PCI retries. Default: off.
Option"Rotate""CW"Option"Rotate""CCW"
Rotate the display clockwise or counterclockwise. This mode is unaccelerated. Default: no
rotation.
Option"ShadowFB""boolean"
Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: off.
Option"SyncOnGreen""boolean"
Enable or disable combining the sync signals with the green signal. Default: off.
Option"UseFBDev""boolean"
Enable or disable use of on OS-specific fb interface (and is not supported on all OSs). See
fbdevhw(4) for further information. Default: off.
Option"VideoKey""integer"
This sets the default pixel value for the YUV video overlay key. Default: undefined.
Option"TexturedVideo""boolean"
This has XvImage support use the texture engine rather than the video overlay. This option is
only supported by G200 and later chips, and only at 16 and 32 bits per pixel. Default: off.
Option"OldDmaInit""boolean"
This forces the driver to use the old DMA initialization path for DRI. Use this option only to
support a older version of the DRI driver with a newer DRM (version 3.2 or later). This option
also disables the use of direct rendering on PCI cards. Default: off.
Option"ForcePciDma""boolean"
This forces the use of PCI DMA even if AGP DMA could be used. This option is primarily intended
for testing purposes, but it could also be used on systems with a buggy or poorly function AGP
implementation. Default: off.