[nylug-talk] Video Cards....

[H. G.]

Can't get to the bash prompt while avoiding non-free drivers?
I suggest a serial console. :D

On 11/8/06, Ah Pook <ahpook at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 08 November 2006 2:46 pm, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
> > On Wednesday 08 November 2006 14:21, Ah Pook wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 08 November 2006 10:13 am, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 08 November 2006 09:59, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > > > Well, to my limited understanding, there is still no free
> > > > > drivers for any current video card on the market.
> > > >
> > > > Via's and Intel's offerings aside (integrated, not really a
> > > > card), all I can come up with is XGI - and they haven't answered
> > > > my emails.
> > >
> > > Is nobody mentioning nv for some obvious reason that I'm
> > > embarrassing myself for not knowing?
> > >
> > > s/nv/matrox/ and repeat.
> >
> > What started all this was my post... I like to get hardware fully
> > supported through open source drivers, by the manufacturer.  If
> > NVidia were to open up their drivers including 3D capabilities, I
> > doubt I would have even brought it up :)
>
> Ah, gotcha.  Yeah, the nv driver isn't "official," but it'll get you to
> a bash prompt.  :-)
>
> And Matrox?
>
> > Obviously theres some areas that it just can't be done.  The PC this
> > is all about, for me, is a new a/v workstation.
>
> Sounds like masochism.
>
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