On Tuesday 10 April 2001 12:18, Vadim Plessky wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 April 2001 12:25, Mike Perry wrote:
> | Damm things still crippled!
> |
> | from their (Matrox) own readme.txt:
> |
> | This driver is based on the open source development being done within
> | the XFree86 Project. The driver remains unmodified, with the exception of
> | the HAL module, which is a closed source library used to enable features
> | such as DualHead, TV out, and support for digital flat panel monitors.
>
> I am afraid this is some kind of misunderstanding.
> Matrox binary driver was always based on XFree86 driver.
> The only difference of Matrox binary from XFree86 was this HAL (Hardware
> Abstraction Layer) module.
> I don't see what was changed with this announcement.
>From my own personal experiences, there are more changes than what Matrox is
claiming. I have documented display problems with the XFree86 driver, yet if
I copy over the mga_drv.o from Matrox's site, the display is correct. So
far, the problems have been limited to anti-aliased font display, but it's
pretty darn obvious (screen shots available).
The XFree86 driver has gotten better, and at least it's now usable without
anti-aliased fonts, but with AA turned on, your only option is to download
and use the binary driver from Matrox. :-(
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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