On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:21:13AM -0700, t takahashi wrote:
> as of recently, it was not clear to a non-x-expert even with
> nontrivial google searching:
> 
> whether the open source driver is sufficient for simple 2d dvi use
> with magic settings -- or not

Indeed it seems that at least the man page is vague here. 

> whether the tuxx driver is nec or sufficient -- or has issues
> 
> how to best vet the tuxx driver for security (the author seems like a
> great guy, btw)

Well, the tuxx driver is sort of a gray area, isn't it?  I guess no
authority besides the author himself cares about that driver, and the
users are probably just happy to see it working again, someway. 

[ snipped ubuntu part ]

> how likely any of the above are to break upon an upgrade of x (or libraries)

With X upgrades?  Likely, I guess. :-/

Nikolaus


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