Re: Need xserver-xorg 6.8.2 debs (was Re: Xorg not working with Matrox G550?? MGAGetBOARDHANDLESize)

[Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org>]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 10:50:41PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> Debian maintainers, kernel developers, etc. flat-out refuse to have
> anything to do with a problem which involves closed-source modules.
> This is not necessarily because of "politics"; they are just being
> pragmatic. After all, they might otherwise spend considerable time to
> chase down the bug, only to hit a brick wall once it is clear that the
> error is caused by the closed code.

I guess what I'm not clear on is that the xserver-xorg package
contains mga_drv.so, but not the mga_hal_drv file.

    $ strings mga_drv.so | grep hal
    mga_hal
    This card requires the "mga_hal" module for dual-head operation

The problem is the mga_drv.so driver requires the mga_hal_drv.  Is
that true?  It seems like both files are required, but only one file
is included in the package?  Are they both closed source?  On only
the mga_hal?




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Bill Moseley
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