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Beginning with version 9.1, the PC-BSD installer allows you to quickly determine if your system's video card, Ethernet card, wireless device, and sound card are compatible with PC-BSD. | Beginning with version 9.1, the PC-BSD installer allows you to quickly determine if your system's video card, Ethernet card, wireless device, and sound card are compatible with PC-BSD. | ||
| − | Once PC-BSD is installed, a Hardware Compatibility icon in Control Panel provides a quick overview of the system's detected hardware. In the example shown in Figure 8.3a, this system has a detected NVIDIA video card with a configured resolution of 1600x900, one Ethernet device using the | + | Once PC-BSD is installed, a Hardware Compatibility icon in Control Panel provides a quick overview of the system's detected hardware. In the example shown in Figure 8.3a, this system has a detected NVIDIA video card with a configured resolution of 1600x900, one Ethernet device using the {{citelink|url=http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=em&apropos=0&sektion=4|em(4)}} driver, and one wireless device using the {{citelink|url=http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=iwn&apropos=0&sektion=4|iwn(4)}} driver. Currently no sound card is detected, meaning that the user should configure and test their sound card using the [[Sound Configuration]] icon in Control Panel. |
'''Figure 8.3a: Sample Hardware Compatibility''' | '''Figure 8.3a: Sample Hardware Compatibility''' | ||
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Hardware that is currently incompatible may show with a green checkbox after a system upgrade or update. This indicates that the update added the driver for the device. | Hardware that is currently incompatible may show with a green checkbox after a system upgrade or update. This indicates that the update added the driver for the device. | ||
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[[category:handbook]] | [[category:handbook]] | ||
[[category:Control Panel]] | [[category:Control Panel]] | ||
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Revision as of 01:25, 16 July 2012
| Hardware Compatibility |
Beginning with version 9.1, the PC-BSD installer allows you to quickly determine if your system's video card, Ethernet card, wireless device, and sound card are compatible with PC-BSD.
Once PC-BSD is installed, a Hardware Compatibility icon in Control Panel provides a quick overview of the system's detected hardware. In the example shown in Figure 8.3a, this system has a detected NVIDIA video card with a configured resolution of 1600x900, one Ethernet device using the em(4)[1] driver, and one wireless device using the iwn(4)[2] driver. Currently no sound card is detected, meaning that the user should configure and test their sound card using the Sound Configuration icon in Control Panel.
Figure 8.3a: Sample Hardware Compatibility
If the wireless device shows as unsupported, check the Wireless Testing page to help determine if a driver is forthcoming or if the device is well suited to converting a Windows driver into a FreeBSD loadable module.
Hardware that is currently incompatible may show with a green checkbox after a system upgrade or update. This indicates that the update added the driver for the device.
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