From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 31 19:08:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 824711065834 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:08:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ED0B8FC13 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:08:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tfcheng@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so1766303ywh.13 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:08:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=sp/74nqwAM1HBK7rWpQUk09WAgwnpO0KKosqU5/oi+c=; b=FkE619kNah62cPurY2+l6WPiU5ZUm7KH1ClKtS0VpLwbCNmw6Wrc7lid1LoiglHu7Y DDSB00H72XNa9fjg7fAlE3MQRHb7bjHNBNs5pHFid46Bd7V06EiubCzmrKAwZ/JIXRox Ih8nTRJd5Q33rppE6DwXho6GKSwZmmE4aziOI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=YgBMWz+593Q2rVcUZWyCB4N1hhRe5UvBMNPirfRLrSu+PP3vk107F1Y+BMvlpeX9gM ToEzz7iAK3Fqz7Icg6Fw7whYfiiexg1oOqGblxYFs1e7LyNugs1rIr+bt34I09IZUWZ5 GxAKxpMPAxnlOnDiWF3JsLFKnUpK5Jlx0D3To= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.117.17 with SMTP id p17mr446733agc.52.1238526494669; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:08:14 -0400 Message-ID: From: Tsu-Fan Cheng To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: too many video drivers 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: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:08:16 -0000 Hi, I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by "xf86-video-chips" since i don't know what kind of "chip" that stands for. can someone tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! TFC