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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:20:23 -0800
From:      "Dr. Clark Mankin" <cmankin@qwest.net>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   bsd 5.1 video install
Message-ID:  <001f01c3b640$df8f0480$0201a8c0@upyours>

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I'm very happy to have moved my entire network to BSD 5.1.  The =
installation was a breeze.

I have only one comment and that is this:

in 1999 when I installed first Red Hat 5.0 and then 5.2, I was required =
to select my video card from a list and to find a set of specifications =
that matched my monitor unless its name was on the list.

By the time I changed to Mandrake 6.5 a short while later, that issue =
had been resolved and until this installation I had never again been =
asked any questions of any kind about hardware devices.

It seems to me that this is your weakest point.  I have almost zero use =
for KDE.  I wanted it mainly to burn CDs using their tools.  I'm a =
command line person, so it's not any inconvenience on a day to day =
basis, but until I can either buy a new monitor so I have the necessary =
data to answer your inquiries, or until I make a lucky guess, I will not =
be able to configure an X server and that is truly unfortunate in the =
year 2003.

Happy Thanksgiving one and all and a Merry Christmas is just around the =
corner.



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