Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:22:34 +0200 From: rasz <raszobbi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: too many video drivers Message-ID: <49D27B8A.6040900@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200903311521.09447.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <f84c38580903311208t4a49b163r96c2b9b9fa5c5495@mail.gmail.com> <200903311521.09447.lists@jnielsen.net>
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John Nielsen wrote: > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 03:08:14 pm Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > >> 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!! >> > > Obviously you should keep mouse, keyboard and whatever driver(s) you > actually plan to use (nv in this case). It's also a good idea to keep > vesa as a fallback option. I habitually also keep the dummy driver though > I'm not sure what it's used for. Everything else is fair game and should > be safe to remove. "Chips" is (or was) a video card vendor so if you > don't have such a card it's safe to remove as well. > > JN > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > > also, once you removed/kept what you want, don't forget to reinstall xorg-drivers port (meta-port). i think you get complains about missing dependencies otherwise. (rebuild xorg-drivers with just the drivers you want)
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