From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 16 15:37:34 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 A516237B564 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:37:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D93E132EF for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:36:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01400; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:49:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200002162349.PAA01400@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Dirk Kleinhesselink Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help installing FreeBSD 4.0 on AlphaStation 200 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:21 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:49:03 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > 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