From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 2 14:30:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from utasvexg001.hfnweb.com (utasvexg001.hfnweb.com [207.49.36.37]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A335C4181 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:30:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by UTASVEXG001 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:25:31 -0700 Message-ID: From: Mike Morgan To: "'f.johan.beisser'" , Dubbs Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: RE: Some very newbie questions... Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:25:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BF6DCC.6A03F164" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6DCC.6A03F164 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have that same kind of video card. I used the 3.4-RELEASE floppies and when xfree86 came time to configure it had the Viper 770 Ultra card in the supported hardware list. So I just selected it and it has been perfect. michael morgan -----Original Message----- From: f.johan.beisser [mailto:jan@caustic.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:27 PM To: Dubbs Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Some very newbie questions... On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Dubbs wrote: > 1.) Is there a X-Server for the Diamond Viper V770 Ultra TNT2 Card? If so > where and how do I install it? the best place to check for it would be either http://www.xfree86.org or http://www.xi.com as either of them will have the latest information on the supported cards. > 2.) What is the most recent version of X available and where can I get it > and a description of how to install it? the most recent versions are the pre-4.0 snapshots. the most recent (from the ports directory) version is 3.3.6. if you install it from the ports collection, you should be fine. > 3.) What is the most recent version of afterstep available and where can I > get it and a description of how to install it? again, check the ports directory. afterstep should be in x11-wm/afterstep. > 4.) Is there a good all-in-one site for FreeBSD Newbies? the handbook, mostly. also check out the search pages at http://www.freebsd.org/search.html there are numerous other places, aswell, but the best, hands down (in my opinion) is http://www.freebsddiary.com. > 5.) How can I keep my ports collection up to date? cvsup. or, more exactly, edit the supfile called "ports-supfile" so that it will point at one of the cvs servers, and update it from there. the commands and files can be found in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. also, make sure you have cvsup built, or installed from the cdrom. it'll be under the net section of the packages, or in /usr/ports/net/cvsup (make install that one). > That's all...I know these are dumb questions but they're the only things I > haven't been able to sufficiently figure out... hope this helps you some. +-----/ f. johan beisser /------------------------------+ email: jan[at]caustic.org web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan "knowledge is power. power corrupts. study hard, be evil." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6DCC.6A03F164 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Some very newbie questions...

I have that same kind of video card.  I used the = 3.4-RELEASE floppies and when xfree86 came time to configure it had the = Viper 770 Ultra card in the supported hardware list.  So I just = selected it and it has been perfect.

michael morgan

-----Original Message-----
From: f.johan.beisser [mailto:jan@caustic.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:27 PM
To: Dubbs
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Some very newbie questions...


On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Dubbs wrote:

> 1.) Is there a X-Server for the Diamond Viper = V770 Ultra TNT2 Card? If so
> where and how do I install it?

the best place to check for it would be either http://www.xfree86.org or
http://www.xi.com as either of them will have the = latest information on
the supported cards.

> 2.) What is the most recent version of X = available and where can I get it
> and a description of how to install it?

the most recent versions are the pre-4.0 snapshots. = the most recent (from
the ports directory) version is 3.3.6. if you = install it from the ports
collection, you should be fine.

> 3.) What is the most recent version of afterstep = available and where can I
> get it and a description of how to install = it?

again, check the ports directory. afterstep should be = in x11-wm/afterstep.

> 4.) Is there a good all-in-one site for FreeBSD = Newbies?

the handbook, mostly. also check out the search pages = at
http://www.freebsd.org/search.html

there are numerous other places, aswell, but the = best, hands down (in my
opinion) is http://www.freebsddiary.com.

> 5.) How can I keep my ports collection up to = date?

cvsup. or, more exactly, edit the supfile called = "ports-supfile" so that
it will point at one of the cvs servers, and update = it from there.

the commands and files can be found in = /usr/share/examples/cvsup.

also, make sure you have cvsup built, or installed = from the cdrom.

it'll be under the net section of the packages, or in = /usr/ports/net/cvsup
(make install that one).

> That's all...I know these are dumb questions but = they're the only things I
> haven't been able to sufficiently figure = out...

hope this helps you some.

 +-----/  f. johan beisser  = /------------------------------+
  email: jan[at]caustic.org   web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan
   "knowledge is power. power = corrupts. study hard, be evil."



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