From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 21 11:56:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDE521065670 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:56:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDE58FC13 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:56:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so4287479bwz.3 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:56:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1bk/qAagLkg4MwjGFJDdvqq538lmJzSCviNZTGm2RTw=; b=K/dSiSbbzuhmMDG4UFj7TfuTcNnO5m3LxI9X/fjUzE8tDfZqGTT1SXJQLoZkeoHEU8 Y2G+LLbHSvh5AT7hwlED4zET1s9dPtt6xlaaXtbDDh+xfg02X4Hq1NAxI2CJd3Vxojam K+sKwnEMEexXD/rNMX7RCk8bpQdlyWvjMxofE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E9puZfBPPO3OL+zf+dW0hmPzp3l5q3gbgE1tII9WrfAB96k7bwlHmnRpQZTaeaSToU kQdwVXFD8MSyWkjsQnrqf2I4cS7cu0HyLwv9iOsl6D9ZgPltraPvqWnLnazSStlGXuMK W3SAtNjEeWg6rqOEFYhgrg8fsMOu+i0kTqzG0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.24.65 with SMTP id u1mr2452760bkb.176.1258804596121; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:56:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091120203511.GA32416@thought.org> References: <20091120114657.GA22584@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091120203511.GA32416@thought.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:56:14 +0000 Message-ID: To: Gary Kline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPUs on FBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:56:37 -0000 2009/11/20 Gary Kline : > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 02:56:03PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: >> 2009/11/20 Anton Shterenlikht : >> > Anybody knows of working GPUs under FBSD on any arch? >> > Any advice? >> > >> >> Your question could have been phrased better.... but that's the teacher = in me! >> >> Nvidia GPUs work on IA-32 machines, but AFAIK there's still no amd64 dri= ver. >> >> Food for thought: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D398 >> >> My advice: Get an Nvidia card, and install FreeBSD/i386. >> >> Chris >> > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0hi chris, > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i'm taking this offlist so i don't show my totsl ignorance= about > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0running X11 and my new intel duo with i386 and 7.2. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0do i need a nvidia card to run X? =A0the graphics show the= dell > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0circle just before the boot sequence but that may be built= into the > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0bios. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(another reason for keeping this offlist is that my networ= k pal says > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to NOT run X on my server ... simply for the sake of simpl= icity. =A0i > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0will not use the computer for anything except CTWM =A0for = root, which > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0will make doing sysadmin tasks vastly easier. =A0nutshell:= if i do need > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0a video card for my dell inspiron 530, what kind? > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0tia, > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gary > Nah, X will run on more or less anything; it's not particularly heavy. If you just want to do the odd thing, you might be better off with /u/p/net/vnc and display it on another machine. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?