Hi, On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:10:37PM -0500, bradford fligor wrote: > I bought FreeBSD 5.1 and Handbook for my 10 year old "computer nut" son for > Christmas and have had problems installing the full graphical version. > When asked for "video card" on installation, I don't' know what to select. I have > on-board video on the motherboard at this site. > > http://www.albatron.com.tw/english/it/mb/specification.asp?pro_id=35 > > I also have an old monitor but I don't think that's the problem. > > Will I need to buy a separate video card and if so would you have any suggestions?
If your system is up and running, you should post the results of the command 'pciconf -lv' and 'dmesg' This should tell us what type of hardware you have (perhaps give yourself enough of a hint) As others on the list have suggested, 4.9 or 5.2.1 might be better version choices. Regards, Tony _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
