From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 1 08:46:32 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 5B7AA106566C for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:46:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D31198FC12 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 08:46:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n318k7XF050955; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:46:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n318k77E050954; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:46:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:46:07 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200904010846.n318k77E050954@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, tfcheng@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:46:30 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: too many video drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, tfcheng@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:46:32 -0000 Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > 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!! For the record, it is a driver for "Chips&Technologies" graphics card. It's a brand that existed in the 90s of the previous century. They're long gone, and I'm certain you won't need the driver. I'm surprised that it still exists today in Xorg at all. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do." -- Dennis M. Ritchie