Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:04:25 +0100 From: Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 AMD64+NVIDIA Message-ID: <200612291804.34166.groot@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <a693677b0612290802u4647e34fwa02e6dea379c1313@mail.gmail.com> References: <a693677b0612290802u4647e34fwa02e6dea379c1313@mail.gmail.com>
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On Friday 29 December 2006 17:02, Fulvio Mariola wrote:
> I have installed FreeBSD 6.2 AMD64 to the notebook. The graphic-card
> is NVIDIA GeFORCE Go 7600.
> The NVIDIA vendor don't release driver for This architecture.
> Can I try??
You can use the open source nv(4x) driver; this will probably be "fast enou=
gh"=20
although it is notably missing any dual head features (might be important i=
f=20
you need to do presentations with the laptop).
> I make the kernel or to return at ix86 architecture?
Yes, i386 runs fine on amd64 machines.
[ade], running i386 on this amd64x2 because of dual-head + nvidia, but=20
thinking of swapping in a leftover ATI R300=20
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These are your friends - Adem
GPG: FEA2 A3FE Adriaan de Groot
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