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From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
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To: Douglas A Troy <troyda@muohio.edu>
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Subject: Re: video support
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On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Douglas A Troy wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm considering running FreeBSD and I want to specify a system on which
> to run it.  I'm considering a Pentium-based PC from Micron.
>   In the release notes for verson 2.1, I don't see any info on 
> supported video cards.  Where can I find info on this?
> Thanks,
> Doug Troy
> 

That's because the single major video application, which is X, isn't part 
of FReeBSD, directly.  We get it from the XFree86 consortium, and some of 
their members are FreeBSD'ers, too.  Here's an excerpt from the XFree86 
man page, listing the config files (just a portion):

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_SVGA         The color SVGA X server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mono         The monochrome X server  for
                                     VGA and other mono cards

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_S3           The accelerated S3 X server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mach8        The   accelerated   Mach8  X
                                     server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mach32       The  accelerated  Mach32   X
                                     server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_Mach64       The   accelerated  Mach64  X
                                     server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_P9000        The  accelerated   P9000   X
                                     server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_AGX          The accelerated AGX X server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_W32          The accelerated ET4000/W32 X
                                     server

       <XRoot>/bin/XF86_8514         The   accelerated  8514/A  X
                                     server

Is this some help?  There is lots more info available, in the man pages 
and the XFree86 docs.

> 
> Dr. Douglas Troy
> Associate Professor
> Systems Analysis Department
> Miami University
> Oxford, OH   45056
> USA
> (513) 529 5934
> fax (513) 529 1524
> troyda@muohio.edu
> 
> 

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Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2
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