From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 17:06:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F0816D422 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:06:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com) Received: from web62314.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web62314.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.75.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E177A13C471 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:05:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 83786 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Feb 2007 17:05:59 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=hqMsxAqUgXMB5ttL/8VgTDcduehSfwj8z5JuatyBZEVDJxJZvocfXoBBEJMW0Feseh1vSs6gx0ves0SMXzsHao10OoQ5d90C12iePyYqGg04F5sNEEUzZGI5BCbGzfHcLF6pQEepPqDRn0JfEzwdBU0tujj+2CNEpyASsrzZWdQ=; X-YMail-OSG: k5ffNzEVM1l0vjoTMDgsXhpadkhiLtjVo6ge_.S5SNlW_GQHVkialkC2qQjYK.FdFaUXgGv7bXQHzFDlDeJWwJP8PQhH8u6HsNULvQHUNLHvL8MAwEfjIg-- Received: from [66.167.183.148] by web62314.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:05:59 PST Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:05:59 -0800 (PST) From: Paulette McGee To: Yann Golanski , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20070221083855.GA82276@kierun.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <232789.81489.qm@web62314.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Supported graphics card on X11. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:06:00 -0000 --- Yann Golanski wrote: > I know, this should be more a question for the folks > at Xorg but still. > Does FreeBSD support the "Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 > Pro ULTIMATE SILENT" > card? > > Is there anywhere that I can find which cards are > support with Xorg? > I find the main web site is rather obtuse. > > Maybe adding that link (or list) to the relevant > section of the handbook > be a good idea? > > Thanks. > > -- > yann@kierun.org -=*=- > www.kierun.org > PGP: 009D 7287 C4A7 FD4F 1680 06E4 F751 7006 > 9DE2 6318 > Hello Yann, Well, here are a few quick tips: 1) Locate the type of chip set for your video card. ATI Cards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units Nvida Cards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_NVIDIA_Graphics_Processing_Units 2) Look at the man page of the driver; and search in the page for that chip set. If I am not mistaken there is more than one driver for ATI. IE: radeon driver http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=radeon&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html nv driver http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nv&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html 3) Match up the driver to the chip set on the card. 4) Always double check the reference material for the chip sets listed in step 1. PS: tomshardware.com gives good reviews of video cards; with the added bonus of listing the chip sets that is used in the card (typically). Hopefully this should give you a starting point. Regards, Paulette McGee ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097