Re: What means missin server in the hw-HOWTO table

Michael Taylor <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.xfree86.forum
Organization ADS, Environment Canada
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Igor Pirnovar wrote:
> In "Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO" under the title  "*6. Video
> Cards*" there is a table
> of supported video cards. For some cards the column *"XFree86-3.3.x
> server" *is empty.
> For example the first entry "*NVIDEA GeForce*" has a server
> "*XF86_SVGA*", but for all
> subsequent NVIDEA entries up to "*Riva 128*" there is no server.
> 
> Does this mean that those cards with no server are not supported, or
> that they all will use
> the last specified for NVIDEA in  this case server  "*XF86_SVGA*" ?

It means that this document has not been keep up to date. First, the current
XFree86 release is 4.3.0.

For a current look at XFree86 support, check the Status
<http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status.html> that should answer your questions.
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