From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 1 7: 3:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89F3537B4C5 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:03:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from joust.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (smtp@joust.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.148]) by berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/4.3-mailhub) with ESMTP id KAA04404; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:03:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (timcm@localhost) by joust.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/5.1-client) with ESMTP id KAA08944; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:03:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:03:17 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen X-Sender: timcm@joust.gpcc.itd.umich.edu To: John Gilbert Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <39FFF6BA.4B73A45A@itsm.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well video cards are supported by XFree86 and good news, see http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.1/Status21.html#21 The SB live is generally known to be a buggy poorly constructed card so there is difficulty getting it working, but I believe I've seen messages go by in the last week about people that have. They could comment more. So you might as well install. Good system, freebsd should run splendidly, Tim On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, John Gilbert wrote: > Hello, > I am interested in using FreeBSD, but I have a few questions regarding > compatibility. My system is as follows:-MSI MS-6163 Intel 440BX > motherboard, > Intel Pentium 3 550 chip, 128 meg PC133 Ram, Asus V6600 Geforce 256 > 32mb > video card & a Sound Blaster Live sound card. > Can I use FreeBSD, from reading the supported hardware guide I suspect > my video card & sound card are not supported. Are there any work > arounds. > Like a lot of people I am getting fed up with Microsoft products & I am > looking for alternatives. > I can be contacted at jackg@itsm.com.au > Thanks > John > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message