From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 15 02:42:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE05B16A419 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:42:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B4813C45A for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:42:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@chuckr.org) Received: (qmail 31816 invoked from network); 15 Jan 2008 02:16:14 -0000 Received: from april.chuckr.org (chuckr@[66.92.151.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 15 Jan 2008 02:16:14 -0000 Message-ID: <478C169E.50800@chuckr.org> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:12:46 -0500 From: Chuck Robey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Garrett Cooper References: <478BC29D.8030806@chuckr.org> <20080114152623.lnpqtvs0g880kogo@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> <44F2053B-6AC5-4CB2-81C2-C2AF10130F5B@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <44F2053B-6AC5-4CB2-81C2-C2AF10130F5B@u.washington.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia working? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:42:55 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Jan 14, 2008, at 12:26 PM, John Nielsen wrote: > >> The most straightforward approach is probably to review the output of >> your Xorg log, e.g. /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Output from the nvidia driver >> will be prefixed by NVIDIA (rather than VESA or NV if you were using a >> different driver). >> >> There is also x11/nvidia-settings port. It's a control panel of sorts >> that will show you nvidia-specific information. In theory it lets you >> control some settings as well but personally I've never found it >> useful for that. YMMV. OK, that left mre a ton of questions, but I think some time spent looking at files might answer them, so in case I can't answer them all, I'll be back at you. Thanks! >> JN > > Yeah, I agree on both points: > > 1. Xorg.*.log will most likely yield the info you need about the nvidia > driver. X -probe may as well.. > 2. nvidia-settings was sort of useless for my purposes.. you may or may > not discover that as well after using the tool. Its Windows counterpart > is much more useful. > > Cheers, > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHjBaez62J6PPcoOkRApClAKChGW3QQgmDP3pR2XLkd4a2kM8lTQCdEy+j Tb6lrwjGIJvxsbMFAhNu2w0= =Xmxz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----