Matrox g200 linux drivers

Matrox MGA G200 Driver Download (Official)

How to Update MGA G200 Device Drivers Quickly & Easily

Step 1 — Download Your Driver

To get the MGA G200 driver, click the green download button above. After you complete your download, move on to Step 2.

If the driver listed is not the right version or operating system, search our driver archive for the correct version. Enter Matrox MGA G200 into the search box above and then submit. In the results, choose the best match for your PC and operating system.

Tech Tip: If you are having trouble deciding which is the right driver, try the Matrox Driver Update Utility. It is a software utility which automatically finds and downloads the right driver.

To find the newest driver, you may need to visit the Matrox website. Most major device manufacturers update their drivers regularly.

Step 2 — Install Your Driver

Once you have downloaded your new driver, you’ll need to install it. In Windows, use a built-in utility called Device Manager, which allows you to see all of the devices recognized by your system, and the drivers associated with them.

How to Open Device Manager

• In Windows 11, Windows 10 & Windows 8.1, right-click the Start menu and select Device Manager
• In Windows 8, swipe up from the bottom, or right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose «All Apps» -> swipe or scroll right and choose «Control Panel» (under Windows System section) -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager
• In Windows 7, click Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager
• In Windows Vista, click Start -> Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> Device Manager
• In Windows XP, click Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> System -> Hardware tab -> Device Manager button

How to Install a driver from Device Manager

1. Locate the device and model that is having the issue and double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
2. Select the Driver tab.
3. Click the Update Driver button and follow the instructions.

In most cases, you will need to reboot your computer in order for the driver update to take effect.

Tech Tip: Driver downloads and updates come in a variety of file formats with different file extensions. For example, you may have downloaded an EXE, INF, ZIP, or SYS file. Each file type has a slighty different installation procedure to follow.

For more help, visit our Driver Support Page for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.

• Updates PC Drivers Automatically
• Identifies & Fixes Unknown Devices
• Supports Windows 11, 10, 8, & 7

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Drivers for older/legacy Matrox products

Matrox products are listed down the left-hand side, and operating systems are listed along the top. Each grid square indicates the latest driver version for the corresponding Matrox product/operating system combination.

Drivers for older operating systems (Windows 95, Window 3.1x, Windows NT 3.5x, or OS/2)

Matrox «HF» drivers have a rich interface that require Microsoft .NET Framework software. Unless otherwise indicated, HF drivers require version 1.0 or 1.1 of .NET Framework, even if version 2.0 of this software is installed. Matrox «SE» drivers have a standard interface that doesn’t require .NET Framework.

Notes: Beta drivers are not supported by Matrox Graphics Technical Support.

In cases where «available with OS» is stated, the operating system will install a Matrox driver that will give you basic 2D and 3D functionality, where this driver is supported by Microsoft.

Display:
5.82.018
26feb02
(final)
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Vid Tool:
2.10.010a
20dec01
(final) Display:
5.82.018
26feb02
(final)
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Vid Tool:
2.10.010a
20dec01
(final)

5.01.007
15apr02 5.82.018
26feb02
(final) 5.82.018
26feb02
(final)

5.01.007
15apr02 5.82.018
26feb02
(final) 5.82.018
26feb02
(final)

5.01.007
15apr02 5.82.018
26feb02
(final) 5.82.018
26feb02
(final)

Display:
3.40
31mar98
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Vid Tool:
2.00
31mar98
(final)

3.68
08dec98 5.82.018
26feb02
(final) 5.82.018
26feb02
(final)

3.68
08dec98 5.82.018
26feb02
(final) 5.82.018
26feb02
(final)

3.68
08dec98 5.82.018
26feb02
(final) 5.82.018
26feb02
(final)

* Matrox «SE» drivers have a standard interface that does not require .NET framework. The Matrox «SE» drivers do not support «feature displays» and the TV/HDTV output modes.

Previously Released Drivers for Older Matrox products

Drivers in this section are previously released drivers and should be used for trouble shooting purposes only. If you are looking for the most recent drivers, please click here.

File name	Release date and file size	Driver Notes, including operating system and Matrox graphics card support
Disk 1 15511220.zip Disk 2 15512220.zip	Jan.30, 1996 Disk 1 — 1157 Kb Disk 2 — 978 Kb	Windows 3.1x driver version. 2.20
1552_164.zip	Jan.30, 1996 1208 Kb	Dos Cad and Microstation 4.0 drivers, version 1.64.
1570_121.zip	Jan.30, 1996 849 Kb	MGA Windows NT 3.1 driver version 1.21
1571_210.zip	Jan.30, 1996 880 Kb	Windows NT 3.5 driver Version 2.10
1635_200.zip	Jan.30, 1996 808 Kb	Windows 95 driver Version 2.0
mga_gray.zip	Jan.30, 1996 63 Kb

Drivers in this section are zipped using the -RP option. They must be unzipped using the -D option.

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The developers’ hardware

You can reach us on our mailing list if you have ANYTHING related to this page. Info you can tell us? Info you’d like? Criticisms? You are welcome to post on our mailing list, don’t fear to ask questions, we won’t bite or flame you 😉 .

Applications

MJPEG recording & playback: Please have a look at the ongoing development at The MJPEG/Linux square. You can also find a driver for a number of other MJPEG cards there. The Buz/Linux page can also offer valuable information (see the Buz/Linux FAQ, for example).

Documentation

• Please check out the new doc snippets you can find on Marvel/Linux docs.
• See the Rainbow Runner internals page.
• Have a look at the Marvel/Linux list. You can subscribe or just browse archives.

TV out info

Marvel framebuffer TV out

This is not directly related to the marvel driver, but it is becoming a FAQ on the marvel-list.

Enable all matroxfb related options in the kernel; use modules where possible/practical. Then:

# modprobe i2c-matroxfb # modprobe matroxfb_maven # modprobe matroxfb_crtc2

For the G200 use something like:

# matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 3 or (tv only) # matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 2 then # matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -o 1 X (where X is 1 or 2 to get PAL or NTSC). You should then get 50/60Hz picture on your monitor, plus picture on your TV. To get back to monitor-only output: # matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 1 To get TV-only output (monitor will powerdown): # matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 2 If you will see green artifacts on TV, make sure that your vertical picture size is at least 525 for NTSC and 625 for PAL (i.e. for PAL you cannot use 640x480, you must use at least 640x576).

(credits: Petr Vandrovec and James D. Bearden)

For the G400 use:

- eg. replicate display 1 on display 2: # matroxset -f /dev/fb1 -m 0 # matroxset -f /dev/fb0 -m 3 If head 2 is connected to a TV, set the output to PAL: # matroxset -f /dev/fb1 1 [ use 2 for NTSC ] . and back to monitor . # matroxset -f /dev/fb1 128

(credits: Cameron Hutchison)

What’s the Marvel G200?

Nice — but the G200’s an SVGA chip — what about the VIDEO stuff?

The G200 has special registers and functions which enable us to communicate with the rest of the hardware, namely:

• a thing called the codec transfer engine, short CTE, which sits on the G200 (Gernot: ok, the name CTE is my own invention, but it’s of good use to keep the ZR36060 and the CTE on the G200 apart). The CTE runs the communication between the Zoran JPEG codec (short: ZR36060, or ‘060) and the G200 (which in its turn communicates with the driver, which in its turn talks to the application, see the link ? 😉 ). Without a properly working CTE, Motion JPEG compression/decompression is not possible, and that’s why we are currently working on getting it under our control .
• an I2C-bus, which connects to
  • The KS0127 video decoder, which takes the composite, S-VHS, tuner or decompressed Motion JPEG signal, and writes it onto the preview window in the G200/G400 graphics memory. It is also responsible for generating a digital YUV-stream for the ZR36060 JPEG codec in compress (recording) mode.
  • The MSP-3400 sound processor. This sounds quite advanced, but unfortunately it isn’t — the MSP-3400 is not able to sample audio input signals digitally, it just turns the audio on or off, and you can digitally adjust the volume. But the output from the MSP-3400 is going to the line out of the board, where you have to «cable» it to your soundcard to be able to record it.
  • The Philips tuner — a simple thing, but very important: You feed it with antenna input, it returns you a S-VHS video signal to feed to the KS0127.
  • The Maven chip — it is responsible for generating TV output.

  Directions already taken

  Our options are: Video4Linux, Video4Linux II, Most work already out there regarding video and the G200’s is more or less V4L related, and that’s why the current development mainly focuses on Video4Linux I(incl. the new MJPEG extensions introduced by the Buz driver). But the driver is layered in its inside, too, which makes it a lot easier to «make up» a new API on it (like V4L2, which is already working for TV).

  Xv, also called Xvideo, is a slightly confusing description for the scaling facility inside XFree86 4.x.x — it can scale up a window without any CPU consumtion (it is done by the graphics hardware) — it also allows to feed the card with YUV-data, which is converted to RGB on the fly. but it has nothing to do with MJPEG playback, and not even with TV or video overlay (although it is used by xawtv to scale up the picture).

  So — lemme see what other’s have done!

  • (not so much left here, I think we have beaten all other efforts by now 😉 — if you find something that we haven’t mentioned here, please tell us on the list !)
  • Alexander Werth — V4L II driver. He has stopped development on his driver because of mgavideo’s good work. Still has some information and some tools.

  Related hardware

  • The Miro DC-10 — Serguei Miridonov and Wolfgang Scherr made it work under Linux. (site is in German)
  • The Iomega Buz.It is based on the same Motion JPEG chipset from Zoran ! Stable drivers are available. See http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net.
  • ATI All-In-Wonder. — Another card that combines TV Tuner and Video Decoder on one board.

  Relevant Card details

  Links

  These are some other pages you can visit alongside with this one for various info. VERY random for now.

  I can help! I’ve got some info! Who are you?

  There is a mixed developer/user list called marvel-linux. Just click on the link to subscribe and/or access the archives. (Do you feel the power of sourceforge already ? I do 😉 )

  How can I contact Matrox to bug ’em some more?

  By all means — BUG ’em! Visit Matrox’s Techical Support Forums to see what they offer. They have been quite sloppy in answering our questions — but still: be nice, don’t flame them !! We will be able to complete the driver even without their help 🙂

  Marvel Team
  (Tribute to Eddie Galvez who has established this webpage)

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