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Re: Failing x11/xf86-video-* driver compiles



On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Hasso Tepper wrote:

> OK, I walked through these and updated most of them. There are still some 
> with problems though.
> 
> > xf86-video-cyrix
> > xf86-video-imstt
> > xf86-video-vga 
> > xf86-video-via
> 
> No update available for these. Are these relevant at all today?

As for xf86-video-vga see 
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7041
"VGA compatibility is a fable, you should not be using it under any
circumstances. ..."
and
"IMHO VGA is fundamentally broken on all recent hardware. ..."


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