Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:42:44 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 AMD64+NVIDIA Message-ID: <17813.21396.750295.449657@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <200612291804.34166.groot@kde.org> References: <a693677b0612290802u4647e34fwa02e6dea379c1313@mail.gmail.com> <200612291804.34166.groot@kde.org>
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In <200612291804.34166.groot@kde.org>, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org> typed: > 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 enough" > although it is notably missing any dual head features (might be important if > you need to do presentations with the laptop). It also doesn't support wide-screen LCD's properly. It seems to insist that they be 4:3, and topped out at 1024x768. > > 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 > thinking of swapping in a leftover ATI R300 I switched to ATI to get proper support for a widescreen LCD. Before that, I ran dual head with two NVidia cards. That worked fine. If you've got a spare slot, dropping an older card into one to get a second headg is inexpensive. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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