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From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
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Subject: Re: Help needed: connecting DVI TFT monitor to MGA G550 card
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Wilkinson, Alex <alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:

> Use the drivers matrox provide for linux:

Last time I checked, these were binary blobs for i386.

1. From a security perspective, it is entirely insane to run unknown
   binaries in your X server.
2. Useless on other architectures.  My G450 is in a
   <quote dmesg>Digital AlphaPC 164 500 MHz</>.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de