Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:17:57 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> Cc: admin@bltclan.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware Compatibility Message-ID: <20011117121756.A272@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200111162021.58780@starbreaker.net>; from matthew@starbreaker.net on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 08:25:04PM -0500 References: <001b01c16f06$7ed24180$3ae57f42@cliff> <200111162021.58780@starbreaker.net>
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 08:25:04PM -0500, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 16 November 2001 20:23, you wrote: > > Here are my system specs: > > > > Abit KG7-RAID (AMD 761) > > Athlon 1.4 > > Gainward Geforce 3 > > Highpoint IDE Raid controller > > HP 990cse deskjet > > SB Live > > I don't know about the IDE RAID controller or the Deskjet, but > everything else will work fine with FreeBSD. You'll have to > reconfigure and recompile the kernel to get sound support, but > that's a very standard procedure, and it's outlined in the FreeBSD > Handbook under the [Sound] section. As for your RAID controller and > printer, check the FreeBSD Hardware Compatibility List for i386 > architecture at > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.4R/hardware-i386.html Also, I wouldn't expect to get wonderful accelerated 3D performance from that GeForce 3 right out of the box :-( It should work just fine in 2D (although you may need to upgrade to XFree86 4.1, I'm not 100% sure), but 3D support for nVidia stuff on FreeBSD is not all there yet -- it exists, and seems to work for some people, but it's all pretty new. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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