From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 4 18:00:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA29716 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:00:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA29709 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:00:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA02426; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:00:59 -0800 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:00:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: ceast@ceast.demon.co.uk cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video cards In-Reply-To: <31640DA6.151B@ceast.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 4 Apr 1996 ceast@ceast.demon.co.uk wrote: > I'm considering using Free BSD to learn unix on(I've just ordered BSDI > for a company internet server). Um, ok. > I was intending to use Linux, but my video card is not supported. > Which video cards does Free BSD support for the X-Windows GUI? The same ones that Linux supports, since they primarily run the same X server (XFree86). That changes if you use a commerical product like Accelerated X. What kind of video do you have? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major