From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 22:20:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF05C16A4CF for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:20:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99AEA43FAF for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cmankin@qwest.net) Received: from upyours (12-206-123-85.client.attbi.com[12.206.123.85]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <20031129062031012004ku2ue> (Authid: cmankin); Sat, 29 Nov 2003 06:20:31 +0000 Message-ID: <001f01c3b640$df8f0480$0201a8c0@upyours> From: "Dr. Clark Mankin" To: Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:20:23 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:20:34 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: bsd 5.1 video install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Dr. Clark Mankin" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 06:20:36 -0000 I'm very happy to have moved my entire network to BSD 5.1. The = installation was a breeze. I have only one comment and that is this: in 1999 when I installed first Red Hat 5.0 and then 5.2, I was required = to select my video card from a list and to find a set of specifications = that matched my monitor unless its name was on the list. By the time I changed to Mandrake 6.5 a short while later, that issue = had been resolved and until this installation I had never again been = asked any questions of any kind about hardware devices. It seems to me that this is your weakest point. I have almost zero use = for KDE. I wanted it mainly to burn CDs using their tools. I'm a = command line person, so it's not any inconvenience on a day to day = basis, but until I can either buy a new monitor so I have the necessary = data to answer your inquiries, or until I make a lucky guess, I will not = be able to configure an X server and that is truly unfortunate in the = year 2003. Happy Thanksgiving one and all and a Merry Christmas is just around the = corner.