Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 08:08:43 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Shyaka Rene <reneka10@yahoo.fr> Cc: Shyaka Rene via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: can all drivers work after freebsd full installation Message-ID: <20181219080843.7ecf40e6.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <134608761.9136166.1545124422525@mail.yahoo.com> References: <134608761.9136166.1545124422525.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <134608761.9136166.1545124422525@mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:13:42 +0000 (UTC), Shyaka Rene via freebsd-questions wrote: > Hello, I have a omputer with windows 7. HP I5 all its drivers > on hp website are made for windows 7. if i install freebsd full > installation (not virtual machine) will all drivers work (network, > VGA, webcam, finger print, ...). thank you. No. Drivers made for "Windows" will not work on FreeBSD. As a fully independent operating system, FreeBSD supplies its own drivers. There is one notable exception: The NDISulator can use a "Windows" driver to activate a WLAN component. See chapter 11.5.1.1 in The FreeBSD Handbook: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/config-network-setup.html But that's not the primary objective. Compatibility and compliance to standards is. Checking if your hardware supports FreeBSD is a task you should perform _before_ installation. Check the hardware compatibility list. You can also try a FreeBSD live system which boots from CD, DVD or USB (preferred method). Without installation, you can check most things easily. The most important tools are: "dmesg", "pciconf -lv", and "usbconfig". For graphics cards (and especially for using X), you typically need to install the required driver, depending on the brand of the card, be it Intel, nVidia, or AMD/ATi. In most cases, you'll also need to load kernel modules for such purposes. The FreeBSD default installation already contains most of the drivers to get the system up and running. You need to know which hardware you have in order to install the parts which are missing. There is no need to manually download stuff from arbitrary web sites - you just use "pkg" to install what you need. If I remember correctly, the fingerprint reader is a USB device, at least on my old Lenovo Thinkpad. But as it does not add security, I've never tried using it... For the webcam, install "webcamd" and then use "pwcview" to check if you're getting the expected picture. Here are a few links to further resources: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/hardware.html https://www.freebsd.org/releases/12.0R/hardware.html If you experience problems during setting up your FreeBSD system, you can ask on this list. Make sure you provide all information needed (like exact model name of hardware you want to activate, what you've already done, which error messages you got, and so on). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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