Re: Video chipset hardware list
On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 06:01:56PM -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: On 10/1/07, Harry Matthiesen Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to lookup a hardware list video chipset supported I have had pretty good results looking at man pages for individual OK, you're right, there is good infomation there, thanks to the FreeBSD doc group ;-) The Xorg -configure command is quite good at selecting the correct ..good hint. The x.org web site is a poor place to look for documentation, so you Strange, but as long they're working on the drivers I shouldn't complain ;-) should probably look at the man pages at freebsd.org if you haven't already installed x.org on your system. I'm looking for a new computer, so just to make sure that the video will work, I wanted to se a support list, but the FreeBSD man's are OK -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video chipset hardware list
On 10/1/07, Harry Matthiesen Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have tried to lookup a hardware list video chipset supported on x.org, but for some reason I can't find anything. Is there a good hint where to find it? I have had pretty good results looking at man pages for individual drivers. If you already have a system and want to estimate your chance of success, this is a good approach. For example, the radeon(4x) page correctly fails to list my RV516 chipset as supported... 8(And nVidia also provides proprietary FreeBSD drivers for their chipsets, so their website may be helpful. I don't know if ATI's proprietary driver is usable on FreeBSD. Keep in mind that the vesa driver will get almost anything working, although without the full performance of a chipset-specific driver. The Xorg -configure command is quite good at selecting the correct driver, so it is often easier to just try it and see what happens rather than reading a lot of driver documentation to see if your chipset is supported. The x.org web site is a poor place to look for documentation, so you should probably look at the man pages at freebsd.org if you haven't already installed x.org on your system. Good luck! - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
