Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:02:29 -0500 From: Branson Matheson <Branson.Matheson@FergInc.com> To: Jeffrey Meltzer <meltzer@icsnet.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, izaac@newtonian.ml.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on an HP Vectra VE Message-ID: <19971215110229.18906@toth.FergInc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.971215100240.8601B-100000@www>; from Jeffrey Meltzer on Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 10:08:20AM -0500 References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.971215100240.8601B-100000@www>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 10:08:20AM -0500, Jeffrey Meltzer wrote:
> I'm setting up FreeBSD for the first time, and have hit a small snag in
> setting up X. When I run the SuperProbe utility, it says there is a SiS
> 6C205 card, which I have (comes annoyingly with the motherboard on a HP
> Vectra VE). But, when i run the configure utility, that's not an option,
> only another SiS card is there. Anyone have any idea as to whether that
> one is compatable or not?
I used the standard svga driver with my VE. The one that I had used
a Cirrus Logic card. I don't think I had that card however. We have
mutiple XM's and XU's here running fbsd with out a hitch.. and I
have used it on other vectras here by netbooting.
> Also, I just picked the unsupported card option, and when i tried to start
> X, it told me it couldn't find the mouse, which in setup I put in as
> /dev/mouse, which is linked to /dev/psm1.
Hmmm.. unless you have *two* psm devices ... try /dev/psm0 ;-)
- branson
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