From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 15:46:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC1816A41F for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:46:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05AB943D45 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:46:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 77EA011EB9; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:46:37 -0600 (MDT) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 370C011EB8; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:46:37 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:46:36 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson To: Scott Long Message-Id: <20050816094636.17ce5e3e.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <43020508.4090407@samsco.org> References: <20050816121701.74816.qmail@web54306.mail.yahoo.com> <4301E39F.1050500@samsco.org> <4302047F.4020401@gmail.com> <43020508.4090407@samsco.org> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:46:43 -0000 On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:23:52 -0400 Scott Long wrote: > Ethereal mind wrote: > > Frank S. wrote: > > > >>> Hi I want to start using freebsd, and i'm not sure if it will work on > >>> my system, I have a asus A8V-E Deluxe motherboard and Ati pci expres > >>> video card X700 Pro. > >>> thank you Frank > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> I have almost the same system, but with an X600 card. It works fine > >> with the exception of the on-board network controllers. As long as > >> you're willing to drop in an alternate network card, it's a very > >> good board. > >> > >> Scott > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > Do you have your video card working? I mean graphic acceleration. > > > > No. Apparently the latest X11 DRI/DRM code will work with an AGP R3xx > card, but not a PCI-E R3xx card. I don't know the status beyond that. Good toknow. Per the radeon manpage pcie falls back to pci: PCIE -- PCI Express (falls back to PCI at present) (used only when DRI is enabled) So I took that to mean that DRI worked.... -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?