On Mon, 03 Dec 2001 16:30:21 -0500, Mark M. Wilson wrote:
> I guess I just don't understand much about (SVGA) graphics:  why is
> there this apparent connection?  There are quite a few apps out there,
> if I'm not mistaken, that require 1) SVGA and 2) to be run setuid root. 
> Yet I can use a console-based graphic file viewer called zgv that can be
> run as regular joe-user.

It might use the framebuffer device instead; that's a little newer
and can be used more securely.

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