Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 07:06:50 -0600 From: "Joseph E. Royce" <joe@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> To: Heredity Choice <stork@QNET.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video Cards Message-ID: <20001110070650.A9988@freyr.cba.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <000201c04aef$24977a00$6ac6ddd1@STORK>; from stork@QNET.COM on Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 12:20:53AM -0800 References: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011100233440.9303-100000@pacman.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> <000201c04aef$24977a00$6ac6ddd1@STORK>
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On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 12:20:53AM -0800, Heredity Choice wrote: > > > > I was looking over the supported hardware list for FreeBSD and I > > didn't see any video cards listed. > > > > That's because FreeBSD doesn't provide the support for video cards. A > > project called XFree86 does. See www.xfree86.org > > This is true for the Intel platform. However, for the Alpha platform not > every video card will allow the system to boot. With a Cirrhus Logic 5434 I > get a lovely tweed pattern instead of an image on my EB164. I should like to > upgrade my ancient video card. Does anybody know of a list of video cards > that work with an Alpha? > > Paul Smith > I have successfully used a Diamond Stealth 64 (S3 chip) and a 3DLabs Oxygen ACX (Permedia 2 chip) in my PC164. I hear that some of the older Matrox cards work as well. -Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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