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If you are using a WS460c Gen8 workstation blade, edit the xorg.MATROX file. If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, make the following changes, making sure you customize the BusID line in the Device section using the PCI ID you recorded earlier: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0 VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier Driver VendorName BusID Option EndSection "Device0" "mga" "Matrox Graphics" "PCI:01:00:1" ##PCI ID for your MATROX card "UseEDID""false" Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection 15. Save a backup of the old xorg.conf file. After you complete this step, the xorg.conf file has been deleted. 16. Create a new script in /etc/init.d that automatically detects what mode the workstation blade is in and changes to the appropriate xorg file: o On G6 systems, create a new file with vi: # vi /etc/init.d/VID_CHANGE and then add the following lines to file: #!/bin/sh if lspci |grep '';then ln -sf /etc/X11/xorg.ATI /etc/X11/xorg.conf else ln -sf /etc/X11/xorg.NVIDIA /etc/X11/xorg.conf fi o On Gen8 systems, create a new file with vi: Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the workstation blade 15

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Using Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the workstation blade
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If you are using a WS460c Gen8 workstation blade, edit the
xorg.MATROX
file.
If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, make the following changes, making sure you
customize the BusID line in the Device section using the PCI ID you recorded earlier:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier
"Monitor0"
VendorName
"Unknown"
ModelName
"Unknown"
HorizSync
28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh
43.0 - 72.0
Option
"DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier
"Device0"
Driver
"mga"
VendorName
"Matrox Graphics"
BusID
"PCI:01:00:1"
##PCI ID for your MATROX card
Option
"UseEDID""false"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier
"Screen0"
Device
"Device0"
Monitor
"Monitor0"
DefaultDepth
24
SubSection
"Display"
Depth
24
Modes
"1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
15.
Save a backup of the old
xorg.conf
file. After you complete this step, the
xorg.conf
file has been
deleted.
16.
Create a new script in
/etc/init.d
that automatically detects what mode the workstation blade is in
and changes to the appropriate xorg file:
o
On G6 systems, create a new file with vi:
# vi /etc/init.d/VID_CHANGE
and then add the following lines to file:
#!/bin/sh
if lspci |grep '';then
ln -sf /etc/X11/xorg.ATI /etc/X11/xorg.conf
else
ln -sf /etc/X11/xorg.NVIDIA /etc/X11/xorg.conf
fi
o
On Gen8 systems, create a new file with vi: