From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 1 11:07:00 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 18B25106564A for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C45278FC0A for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:06:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LoyHX-0003NT-6F; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:06:55 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n31B6sI1029596; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:06:54 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 77EB2FCA699; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:06:49 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:06:49 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Tsu-Fan Cheng Message-ID: <20090401110649.GA21757@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Tsu-Fan Cheng , FreeBSD References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:06:54 +0100 (BST) Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: too many video drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:07:00 -0000 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