Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:58:57 -0500 From: Mykroft Holmes IV <mykroft@mykroft.com> To: William Bloom <wbloom@eldocomp.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Radeon DVI Message-ID: <3FDF7211.6070207@mykroft.com> In-Reply-To: <1071607021.1010.43.camel@dell652.eldocomp.com> References: <1071607021.1010.43.camel@dell652.eldocomp.com>
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William Bloom wrote: >Now the real question... > >Will the flat panel work with the FreeBSD console?? Does the console >initialize the DVI output on the Radeon?? Mind you, I'm not worrying >about XFree86. But I want to have a working display (it's my only one) >even when X11 isn't running. I haven't bought the flat panel yet and I >don't have one to experiment with. > > >Bill > > The Console will work just fine. The BIOS will initialize whichever is connected. You may have issues in X if you have specified a CRT in your Device config (Necessary on some cards to get X to work with a CRT connected to teh DVI-I via a DVI-VGA adaptor), but that can be resolved by removing the offending line. In fact Console will even work with the TV-out, which X won't. -Adam
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