From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 28 16:53:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEC4F16A4D1; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:53:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-in.m-online.net (mail-in.m-online.net [62.245.150.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ACE843D41; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:53:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from h@schmalzbauer.de) Received: from mail.m-online.net (svr14.m-online.net [192.168.3.144]) by svr8.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9246B4BC4F; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:53:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sam.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de (ppp-82-135-1-225.mnet-online.de [82.135.1.225]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F7496A7B6; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:53:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de (cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de [172.21.1.251])i2T0rhxw043264; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:53:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from h@schmalzbauer.de) From: Harald Schmalzbauer To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:53:38 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <20040328215731.GA40112@uk.tiscali.com> In-Reply-To: <20040328215731.GA40112@uk.tiscali.com> X-Country: Germany X-Address: Munich, 80686 X-Phone2: +49 (0) 89 18947781 X-Phone1: +49 (0) 163 555 3237 X-Name: Harald Schmalzbauer X-Birthday: 06 Oktober 1972 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_XO3ZAwRaDgAWspf"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403290253.43487.h@schmalzbauer.de> cc: q@onthenet.com.au cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org cc: wpaul@freebsd.org cc: Brian Candler Subject: Re: nVidia chipset - ethernet support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:53:47 -0000 --Boundary-02=_XO3ZAwRaDgAWspf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Sonntag, 28. M=E4rz 2004 23:57 schrieb Brian Candler: > I have installed FreeBSD-5.2.1 on my brand new Soltek EQ3702A machine, > which has an nVidia chipset. I have got most of the on-board hardware to > work: kldload snd_ich -- pcm > kldload firewire \ to mount my ipod > kldload sbp / > > but I don't seem to be able to get ethernet to work. A google shows that > this is a long-standing issue: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-August/016739.h= tm >l http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2003-July/001016.html > > but I don't see anything else posted since August last year. > > I did come across this driver against FreeBSD-5.1: > http://www.onthenet.com.au/~q/nvnet/ [1] > > Anyone have any experience with it? It claims to be in the official ports > tree under net/nvnet, but I don't find it there (not in the 5.2.1-RELEASE > ports tree anyway). Well actually, I did find something here: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/pds.cgi?ports/net/nvnet [2] I tried the nvnet driver from the ports some days ago with a nforce2 and it= =20 worked flawlessly. But you can also use the ProjectEvil ndis wrapper and use the WinXP driver. I also did this with great success some weeks ago. > > Unfortunately the driver page [1] doesn't link to the Linux driver it > requires, and the port at [2] links to a different version of nvnet than > the one at [1]. > > If anyone has this working with FreeBSD-5.2.1 (and either an up-to-date > port, or a pointer to the correct Linux module required), that would save > me some random hacking. > > Incidentally, my machine has two VGA ports. If anyone knows how to get bo= th > of those working together with XFree86, that would be appreciated too! You need the proprietary nvidia driver (from ports/x11/nvidia-driver). See = the=20 docs in the working directory of the port for more info, if you need a samp= le=20 dual-layout I can send you mine. Best regards, =2DHarry > > Cheers, > > Brian. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary-02=_XO3ZAwRaDgAWspf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAZ3OXBylq0S4AzzwRAk8RAJ0aKYtFkXQZPq1Z6CXu1/a33+96CQCeIHPz lrrC4FxzQwONXme7TEDma00= =zwhD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_XO3ZAwRaDgAWspf--