From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 17 4:45:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (mta05-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F2D37B417 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 04:45:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.152.147]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.13 201-229-121-113) with ESMTP id <20011117124526.WPZ5895.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:45:26 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fAHCIT863562; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:18:30 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA10374; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:17:58 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:17:57 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Matthew Graybosch Cc: admin@bltclan.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware Compatibility Message-ID: <20011117121756.A272@localhost> References: <001b01c16f06$7ed24180$3ae57f42@cliff> <200111162021.58780@starbreaker.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <200111162021.58780@starbreaker.net>; from matthew@starbreaker.net on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 08:25:04PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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