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Subject: Re: [9fans] What a poor VGA support !
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:14:38 +0000
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Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> FreeBSD has a compatability layer for the Linux VESA bits, but it's use
> is thin (some games, IIRC). Anyone running a graphical interface is
> running X.

And X needs a framebuffer driver, e.g. VESA.
In fact that's how I'm using an Nvidia card under Solaris.