Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:06:49 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Tsu-Fan Cheng <tfcheng@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: too many video drivers Message-ID: <20090401110649.GA21757@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <f84c38580903311208t4a49b163r96c2b9b9fa5c5495@mail.gmail.com> References: <f84c38580903311208t4a49b163r96c2b9b9fa5c5495@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 03:08:14PM -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > > 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 I've got an nvidia card and I've got these ticked: $ pkg_info | grep X | grep driver xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2 X.Org keyboard input driver xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0_3 X.Org mouse input driver xf86-video-nv-2.1.12_2 X.Org nv display driver xf86-video-vesa-2.1.0 X.Org vesa display driver xorg-drivers-7.4 X.org drivers meta-port # cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers; make config to set them. (My ports are a bit out of date BTW). You don't need the vesa driver either. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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