From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Dec 31 11:36:11 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91FEF37B405 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:36:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B112743ED8 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:36:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from moble.pittgoth.com ([192.168.0.5]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with SMTP id gBVJa8NN005110; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 14:36:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 14:36:28 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes Cc: adrian.saidac@sun.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Video drivers Message-Id: <20021231143628.71c07c4b.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: References: <3E11DB8B.1080801@sun.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:07:04 -0500 (EST) John Baldwin wrote: > > On 31-Dec-2002 Adrian Saidac wrote: > > To whom it may concern > > > > What is the big secret with the video adapters supported by FreeBSD > > (i386) ??? > > > > There is no entry or even a hint what are the supported Video cards > > Could some one tell us where this Gold info could be !? > > > > Thanks > > > > Adrian Saidac > > For a text console, FreeBSD supports any VGA-compatible adapter. > If you want to run X, then you will need to consult XFree86's > list of supported adapters at http://www.XFree86.org > FWIW, I've started a project of writing manual pages for the different drivers not yet documented in FreeBSD and some of the video devices are on my list. However, I'm not sure how soon I can get them done. If you have any comments, please send them my way! Thanks! -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message