RE: FreeBSD and Trident 3dimage975 video card

From: clayton rollins (crollins666_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/26/04

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    To: hkacmaz@iinet.net.au, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:57:46 +0000

    On July 25, 2004, "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> wrote:
    >
    >On July 26, 2004, "Hasan Kacmaz" <hkacmaz@iinet.net.au> wrote:
    >>
    >>G'day
    >>My first attempt at *nix and tried to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on my
    >>Cel-333 box (324mb sdram/3x6gb hdd).
    >>I also have a Trident 3dimage975 AGP video card on it which doesn't seem
    >>to like it.. I couldn't get the x to work on it..
    >>Is there a fix or a way around this problem?
    >>
    >>Also, I've got 3 x 6GB hdd and wanted to install FreeBSD as the sole OS on
    >>this system on all these hdd... what is the best efficient way to
    >>partition them?
    >>
    >>cheers
    >>
    >
    >Hi,
    >
    >Before I say anything, I should point out that all questions should be sent
    >to the freebsd-questions mailing list.[1] My comments here are limited to
    >the official documentation.
    >
    >As for the video card...
    >>apropos trident
    >trident(4) - Trident video driver
    >>man trident
    >[snip]
    >SUPPORTED HARDWARE
    > The trident driver supports PCI,AGP and ISA video cards based on
    >the
    > following Trident chips:
    >[snip]
    > Image 3DImage975, 3DImage985, Cyber9520, Cyber9525,
    >Cyber9397,
    > Cyber9397DVD
    >[snip]
    >
    >Refer to the XF86Config man page if you simply want to edit
    >the file rather than using one of the x setup tools. (I found it
    >much easier...)
    >
    >HD layout is, in my opinion, a personal matter... (What do you
    >want to do with them? freebsd should exist happily on a 6G
    >drive... maybe mount the extras as /usr/home and /usr/ports...
    >I'll leave the decisions up to you, though.)
    >
    >HTH,
    >Clayton
    >
    >[1] http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/
    >

    Ooooooops...

    I grep'ed through the pkg-descr files to see if something from
    ports was required when writing this. To double check, I just
    grep'ed the plist files, and it seems you'll need an x11-server
    with the driver.

    I don't think I did anything special, wrt that, so it may already
    be on your system. If not, maybe someone from -questions
    can help you pick and install one of the ports.

    Regards,
    Clayton

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