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Date:      Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:49:54 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?
Message-ID:  <20050429174954.GA69730@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20050429115917.0034125f@jacob.6texans.net>
References:  <20050429004556.GA71140@thought.org> <20050429115917.0034125f@jacob.6texans.net>

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On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Jacob S wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:45:56 -0700
> Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote:
>=20
> >=20
> > 	Folks,
> >=20
> > 	I'm looking at doing a build-your-own desktop/tower system.
> > 	It's an Intel 2.9GHz motherboard with builtin graphics and
> > 	sound.  But to be on the safe side I just want stuff to=20
> > 	*work*.  So will to order a video and sound card.  cAn anybody
> > 	tell me if FBSD-5.3 works with the SoundBlaster Live card and=20
> > 	the "GeForce MX4000 64M" card?  Since I can't fiddle with my
> > 	hardware myself, I'd rather than everything just-works.
> > 	...Rather than having to beg favors.

For the sound driver, look at the hardware compatibility list:=20

http://www.nl.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/hardware-i386.html#AUDIO

Looks like the soundcard works with the emu10k1 driver.

For the video card, look at the xorg driver manual pages:

http://wiki.x.org/X11R6.8.0/doc/nv.4.html

HTH, Roland
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