Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:49:03 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Dirk Kleinhesselink <dkleinh@phy.ucsf.EDU> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help installing FreeBSD 4.0 on AlphaStation 200 Message-ID: <200002162349.PAA01400@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:21 PST." <Pine.OSF.3.95.1000216110702.2104B-100000@amadeus.ucsf.edu>
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> > > 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 ? Any other functional VGA adapter. I've had good results with Matrox and #9 adapters; the DS20 that I'm using as a workstation has an 8M Elsa something-or-other in it that works just fine. > 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... I've never seen an "official DEC/Compaq" system with TGA other than a Multia; everything they've ever shipped us has either been headless, or had a real video card in it. As far as supporting the TGA is concerned; if someone were to step forward with the code, I'm sure we'd take it. -- \\ 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
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