Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 12:46:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Dempsey <chrisdempsey@yahoo.com> To: Pete Young <peteyng@home.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, xpert@xfree86.org Subject: Re: GeForce 2 Message-ID: <20001019194605.19432.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com>
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--- Pete Young <peteyng@home.com> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:20:24 -0500, Ian Fricker > wrote: > > >Hello, > >I recently installed freebsd. I have a Creative > Labs 3D Annihilator 2 with Nvidia's GeForce 2 > chipset. It isn't supported, and I was wondering if > you knew if there were bsd drivers for my card and > where I can get them. I've looked several places on > the web and haven't been able to find any, but maybe > I'm overlooking something. If you need any more > info, let me know. Thanks. > >Ian > > > > I managed to get the geforce 2 under Freebsd 4.1 and > XFree86 4.1. > The drivers have been written but the last XFree86 > release does not > contain them. > > I used the FreeBSD port system. Here are the steps > that worked. > > cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 > make patch > > I then copied these files from the XFree86.org > anoncvs repository to > the same > directories under /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4/work/ > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86PciInfo.h > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_driver.c > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_include.h > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_local.h > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_type.h > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/riva_tbl.h > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_xaa.c > > Edit nv_include.h and remove the line #include > "vbe.h" . Finish > with > > cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 > make install > XFree86 -configure > > And it worked! > > I got it to work! Woo hoo! A little bit of cvs help was all I needed. This should really be made into a FAQ or something. A lot of people are having trouble getting their cards to work. I'll post this to xpert and freebsd-questions. Thanks again! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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