Re: [Xpert]Re: Matrox Hal module and 4.1.99

2002-01-21 Thread Dr Andrew C Aitchison
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Rene Rebe wrote: > Does anyone know what this "Megerd" dual-head mode is the libHAL > additionally offers? > > You may need the libHAL for getting a TV-video-out, digital-LCD out > and the addtional "merged"-xinerama mode. The "merged/xinerama" mode allows you to have one l

[Xpert]Re: Matrox Hal module and 4.1.99

2002-01-20 Thread Rene Rebe
Hi all. First much thanks for releasing 4.2.0 !! I took some time to play with the libHAL again. You do not need the libHAL for normal CRT output (also not for the 2nd Head or using Xinerama) at least with my mga450. Using libHAL not: - much faster X startup (reduced from 5-8 seconds down to