From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 16 11:12:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A42D937B538 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkleinh@phy.ucsf.EDU) Received: from phy.ucsf.EDU (phy.ucsf.edu [128.218.64.200]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B02F132E3 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:11:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from amadeus.ucsf.edu (dkleinh@amadeus.ucsf.edu [128.218.65.107]) by phy.ucsf.EDU (8.8.6/GSC4.27) with ESMTP id LAA15287 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by amadeus.ucsf.edu (8.8.6) id LAA02105; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:21 -0800 (PST) From: Dirk Kleinhesselink X-Sender: dkleinh@amadeus.ucsf.edu To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help installing FreeBSD 4.0 on AlphaStation 200 In-Reply-To: <200002160220.SAA03182@mass.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > NetBSD/alpha 1.4.1 reports > ... > > tga0: at pci0 dev 13 function 0: DC21030 step C, board type T8-02 > ... > > Is there anyway I can get FreeBSD 4.0 to use/recognize the video card for > > at least a text mode ? > > No. The TGA is not supported. If I can't use it for a non-graphic text console, what card can I use for this ? Or is FreeBSD/alpha only a head-less OS ? I find it very bad that the official DEC/Compaq systems don't work with FreeBSD, given that XFree86 has support for TGA and the *other guys* (Linux/NetBSD) can handle them... > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message