From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 30 13:37:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 302F516A402; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:37:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0256213C45D; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:37:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08C075CA4; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:14:19 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N2Lgz9yCCiRO; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:14:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-96-224-43-99.nycmny.east.verizon.net [96.224.43.99]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB615C25; Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:14:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4635EBA8.8000306@mac.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:14:16 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey References: <000501c78aca$c22797b0$1bc494ce@intergate.com> <20070430011349.GB30832@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20070430011349.GB30832@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Harry Veltman , questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 5.5 hardware support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:37:55 -0000 Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 29 April 2007 at 17:56:23 -0800, Harry Veltman wrote: >> Does 5.5 support my ELSA GLoria Synergy 8 MByte, Driver version 5.36.00.382, >> OpenGL version 1.1 2.01.14.128 video card? I purchased and installed >> version 4.8 several years ago, but it didn't seem to like the video card. > > This is more likely to be a question of X support, right? Agreed. If the ELSA card supports VESA, than one ought to be able to get at least a minimal graphic environment working, albeit without hardware acceleration for 3D/OpenGL. > In any case, FreeBSD 5.5 is no longer supported. It isn't? Perhaps someone should update the list of "Production Releases" on www.freebsd.org's home page, then. :-) -- -Chuck