Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:25:20 -0700 From: Mike Morgan <mikemorgan@hfnweb.com> To: "'f.johan.beisser'" <jan@caustic.org>, Dubbs <BSD-Dubbs@cfl.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Some very newbie questions... Message-ID: <E3E1A9F2A227D311A1EC00902785C1084C2F6E@UTASVEXG001>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6DCC.6A03F164 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have that same kind of video card. I used the 3.4-RELEASE floppies and when xfree86 came time to configure it had the Viper 770 Ultra card in the supported hardware list. So I just selected it and it has been perfect. michael morgan -----Original Message----- From: f.johan.beisser [mailto:jan@caustic.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:27 PM To: Dubbs Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Some very newbie questions... On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Dubbs wrote: > 1.) Is there a X-Server for the Diamond Viper V770 Ultra TNT2 Card? If so > where and how do I install it? the best place to check for it would be either http://www.xfree86.org or http://www.xi.com as either of them will have the latest information on the supported cards. > 2.) What is the most recent version of X available and where can I get it > and a description of how to install it? the most recent versions are the pre-4.0 snapshots. the most recent (from the ports directory) version is 3.3.6. if you install it from the ports collection, you should be fine. > 3.) What is the most recent version of afterstep available and where can I > get it and a description of how to install it? again, check the ports directory. afterstep should be in x11-wm/afterstep. > 4.) Is there a good all-in-one site for FreeBSD Newbies? the handbook, mostly. also check out the search pages at http://www.freebsd.org/search.html there are numerous other places, aswell, but the best, hands down (in my opinion) is http://www.freebsddiary.com. > 5.) How can I keep my ports collection up to date? cvsup. or, more exactly, edit the supfile called "ports-supfile" so that it will point at one of the cvs servers, and update it from there. the commands and files can be found in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. also, make sure you have cvsup built, or installed from the cdrom. it'll be under the net section of the packages, or in /usr/ports/net/cvsup (make install that one). > That's all...I know these are dumb questions but they're the only things I > haven't been able to sufficiently figure out... hope this helps you some. +-----/ f. johan beisser /------------------------------+ email: jan[at]caustic.org web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan "knowledge is power. power corrupts. study hard, be evil." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6DCC.6A03F164 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: Some very newbie questions...</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I have that same kind of video card. I used the = 3.4-RELEASE floppies and when xfree86 came time to configure it had the = Viper 770 Ultra card in the supported hardware list. So I just = selected it and it has been perfect.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>michael morgan</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: f.johan.beisser [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:jan@caustic.org">mailto:jan@caustic.org</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:27 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Dubbs</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cc: freebsd-questions</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: Some very newbie questions...</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Dubbs wrote:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> 1.) Is there a X-Server for the Diamond Viper = V770 Ultra TNT2 Card? If so</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> where and how do I install it?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>the best place to check for it would be either <A = HREF=3D"http://www.xfree86.org" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.xfree86.org</A>; or</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2><A HREF=3D"http://www.xi.com" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.xi.com</A>; as either of them will have the = latest information on</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the supported cards.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> 2.) What is the most recent version of X = available and where can I get it</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> and a description of how to install it?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>the most recent versions are the pre-4.0 snapshots. = the most recent (from</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the ports directory) version is 3.3.6. if you = install it from the ports</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>collection, you should be fine.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> 3.) What is the most recent version of afterstep = available and where can I</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> get it and a description of how to install = it?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>again, check the ports directory. afterstep should be = in x11-wm/afterstep.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> 4.) Is there a good all-in-one site for FreeBSD = Newbies?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>the handbook, mostly. also check out the search pages = at</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2><A HREF=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/search.html" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.freebsd.org/search.html</A></FONT>; </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>there are numerous other places, aswell, but the = best, hands down (in my</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>opinion) is <A HREF=3D"http://www.freebsddiary.com" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.freebsddiary.com</A>.</FONT>; </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> 5.) How can I keep my ports collection up to = date?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>cvsup. or, more exactly, edit the supfile called = "ports-supfile" so that</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>it will point at one of the cvs servers, and update = it from there. </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>the commands and files can be found in = /usr/share/examples/cvsup.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>also, make sure you have cvsup built, or installed = from the cdrom.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>it'll be under the net section of the packages, or in = /usr/ports/net/cvsup</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(make install that one).</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> That's all...I know these are dumb questions but = they're the only things I</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> haven't been able to sufficiently figure = out...</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>hope this helps you some.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2> +-----/ f. johan beisser = /------------------------------+</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> email: jan[at]caustic.org web: <A = HREF=3D"http://www.caustic.org/~jan" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.caustic.org/~jan</A>; </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> "knowledge is power. power = corrupts. study hard, be evil."</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>To Unsubscribe: send mail to = majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in = the body of the message</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF6DCC.6A03F164-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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