Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:36:20 -0800 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> To: "Juan Fernandez" <s997022@admiral.umsl.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Driver for video chip Intel 810 Message-ID: <010201c0a66c$69e09aa0$035778d8@sherline.net> References: <005301c0a662$320a1020$0401a8c0@net.net>
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>Hi there! >I'm new to this wonderful operating system. Where can I get a driver for the Intel 810 video chip card? I >have a Hewlet-Packard celeron based computer that runs windows ME (ugh!) and I am trying to get >serious. >If this has been answered before, I apologize. You are excellently polite for a new user. Believe it or not, many new users send such email to the list as a demand for service (and many new users get ignored) :) Since you put it so nicely, I couldn't help but respond with what help I could give you. For the console (text mode), you don't need any special drivers (of course). Therefore, I assume you're talking about X-Windows. I personally hate X-Windows with a passion, but since there is not much in the way of a GUI alternative and I'm not supposed to corrupt newbies, I won't slam it any further. (Note: I will not get into a massive thread about why I hate X, so take your fingers away from the reply key) From www.xfree86.org 17. Intel 3.3.6: Support (accelerated) for the Intel i740 is provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the i740 driver, and for the Intel i810 with the i810 driver. The i810 is currently only supported on Linux, and requires the agpgart.o kernel module in order to use modes that require more than 1MB of video memory. 4.0.2: Support (accelerated) for the Intel i740 is provided by the "i740" driver, and support for the Intel i810 is provided by the "i810" driver. The "i810" driver is currently Linux-only, and requires the agpgart.o kernel module. Summary: The i740 and i810 are supported in both versions, but the i810 is only supported on Linux/x86 platforms at present. So there is no FreeBSD/XFree86 Intel i810 support at this time. It appears that this has something to do with the agpgart kernel module for the kernel. As far as I know, there is no such thing for FreeBSD. Good luck. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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