From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 31 19:39:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C7A106566B for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:39:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF738FC16 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:39:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so2539878ewy.43 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:39:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1g7WVoj2+E8Ew9XdZYNDR9GhZexaLpfRQhjaS19fIgg=; b=QcHJx+3k3keb8iIgQWxlU+vnCfQQ1HCr3dMWY3tgCnK2PB61SbtSh57+kRCWE2WxKj LVpY2yFyYtUaxK1D7ESn5NcZLSGXEHQTuahCi+mMo4aUSlbQnPTG/U0Eat4eO0xR2AfR wIQjQzRwGq/cm0hI1ZI9gStXmOZzTekbXDc3I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=VebpKcApmDBGLY2+JCI3XQR8paeozSp5Cl34Haqu/EQrfh7Px+V4L0KCP0BbDQe/Ub O9WFQazsRZSqKl+RGUfkPJnq3dODq9wLt30RmfrIzmgglYTQSFaj1gjfaAnRp5mti1jO ZcBKisk1idIjzsZnahVnaLx9Gc+DOhaRjSGUQ= Received: by 10.216.13.74 with SMTP id a52mr2275901wea.145.1238528349832; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:39:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?216.16.29.53? (host-53.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i6sm10613209gve.18.2009.03.31.12.39.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:39:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49D27157.5030809@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:39:03 -0500 From: Adam Vandemore User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: too many video drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:39:11 -0000 Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > Hi, > I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video > drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic > card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not > sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by "xf86-video-chips" > since i don't know what kind of "chip" that stands for. can someone > tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! > > TFC > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Depending on what versions of things you use the nvidia-driver port and /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau may be replacements for the nv driver. Honestly I'm not really sure what the xf86-video-chips port does, but I don't think it's related to nvidia and is perhaps for older video chipsets. Something like pkg_cutleaves but you should be very careful using it. -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610