From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 8 15:41:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBF3237B401 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:41:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B7643E42 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:41:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from moble.pittgoth.com ([192.168.0.5]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with SMTP id gA8NfgmL094799; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:41:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:42:12 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Sam Pikesley Cc: avleeuwen@piwebs.com, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NVidia's FreeBSD drivers Message-Id: <20021108184212.361aeaaa.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20021108231943.17528.qmail@web14913.mail.yahoo.com> References: <200211082314.47355.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> <20021108231943.17528.qmail@web14913.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.5claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Many people also need to take the fact that several 'generic' cards often have the Nvidia chip on them. So these drivers may not work in all situations, it is something we need to take into account. So far i've heard 2 good and 1 semi-negative. Perhaps sometime this week I'll throw an Nvidia card into a machine and intall 4.7 && the drivers. In the meantime, I'll most likely put a 'news flash' Nvidia releases FreeBSD drivers for their video chipsets/cards. On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:19:43 +0000 (GMT) Sam Pikesley wrote: > I spent much of this afternoon installing and > configuring these drivers. Be warned: they are VERY > beta... > > --- Arjan van Leeuwen wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > nVidia released their closed-source, 3D accelerated > > FreeBSD drivers for all > > GeForce chips yesterday (see www.nvidia.com). Isn't > > there something we can do > > with this? Should I contact nVidia's PR department? > > > > Arjan > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of > > the message > > ===== > Every time I hear the words 'Public Private Partnership', my thoughts > are inexorably drawn to Ladbroke Grove, Hatfield and Potters Bar... > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message