Xorg support for adding a graphics card

[doug]

On Mon, 8 Nov 2010, Jerry wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:08:23 -0500 (EST)
> doug at safeport.com <doug at safeport.com> articulated:
>
>> When I slid froward from FreeBSD 7.2 and Xorg (whatever) to 8.0 and
>> xorg-7.4_4 I lost the ability to use the graphics card I had added to
>> my Dell PE300 built in the last century. I was told the ability to
>> have two cards in one box was lost due to int10 provided by
>> libpciaccess.
>>
>> Is this still the case? The BIOS on the PE300 does not allow the
>> on-board card to 'disappear'. I can not find any information to
>> suggest things have changed.
>
> Isn't there a jumper on the motherboard that can be used to disable
> the on board card? Not all motherboards had one but it is worth a check
> anyway, assuming you have not done so all ready.

I was not aware of the possibility - thanks