Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 08:40:44 -0400 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I'm leaving Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010516083152.01792158@mail.threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <3B024101.B2E7E6C@mindspring.com> References: <200105151812.LAA28441@usr08.primenet.com> <04fd01c0dd8e$d361a420$0300a8c0@oracle>
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I thought this sort of technology was already in XFree86. Thought it was how they managed to create one big SVGA driver that works with about 80% of the cards that they support. What impresses me about Red Hat Linux is how good the hardware detection has gotten in general, not just with video. I recently upgraded a motherboard/CPU, video card, and CD-ROM (from SCSI to IDE), while keeping the same hard drive. When I booted Red Hat, it came up and informed me that I had a new video card and CD-ROM and then made the appropriate adjustments to the fstab and XF86Config files. I didn't have to "do" a thing. It just worked. I know that for a more advanced user, graphical installation and administration utilities can often get in the way more than help, especially when they operate in a strictly linear "answer this series of questions in order" fashion. But I'd rather have a graphical utility that allows me to do something in a slightly cumbersome method than have nothing at all, which is usually where I am now on Linux/FreeBSD systems. --Chip Morton At 04:57 AM 5/16/2001, you wrote: >"Generic Graphics Interface" and "Kernel Graphics Interface". > >Video drivers that probe and recognize the hardware. > >They also have a default VGA, Super-VGA, and VESA driver, >in addition to an X server that will run on top of their >API. > >It was discussed at length for 396BSD and later FreeBSD >back in 1993, and then implemented by the Linux crowd, >but released under the X license to ensure that BSD could >adopt it if they wanted. > >Use "GGI" and "KGI" as search terms in a search engine, >and you will find it. > >-- Terry > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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