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[ale] Finding type of video card
- Subject: [ale] Finding type of video card
- From: vernard at venger.net (Vernard Martin)
- Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 18:07:31 -0400
- In-reply-to: <20060508215524.GA13370@laptop>
- References: <20060508215524.GA13370@laptop>
Trey Sizemore wrote:
> Trying to figure out the video card in an older Dell Dimension box I
> have here. Knoppix boots and displays on the box fine, but
> /etc/X11/XF86Config shows VendorName and BoardName as "Unknown"
>
> I'm going to be installing OpenBSD 3.9 on this box and know that I'll
> need to enter the video specs by hand.
>
> Suggestions?
>
If you have an actual add-on video card plugged into either the AGP or
PCI slot then you can usually find it by doing an "lspci" command.
Usually the video cards are obvious from the rest of the PCI devices.