From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 5 02:29:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1049C16A4CE for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 02:29:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tensor.xs4all.nl (tensor.xs4all.nl [194.109.160.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A7F43D60 for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 02:29:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dimitry@andric.com) Received: from kilgore.dim (kilgore.dim [192.168.0.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tensor.xs4all.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C0BA2284A; Wed, 5 May 2004 11:29:09 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:28:57 +0200 From: Dimitry Andric X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.10.03) Business X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com> To: Johan Pettersson In-Reply-To: <20040505102632.73f67bbe.manlix@demonized.net> References: <40982623.2090804@bellsouth.net> <200405051042.32879.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20040505102632.73f67bbe.manlix@demonized.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="----------1249E2492C870489" cc: nilson@bellsouth.net cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia FX Support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 09:29:13 -0000 ------------1249E2492C870489 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2004-05-05 at 10:26:32 Johan Pettersson wrote: >> You can use the binary only driver if you have an IA-32 system (ie in >> /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver). I have.. >> nvidia0: mem > That driver hasn't worked for me since 5.1-RELEASE. I have tried various > ways to get it to work. FreeBSD locks up when starting X. The problem is that NVidia hasn't updated its binary-only FreeBSD driver since July 1st, 2003. Any cards released after this date will not work properly, or at all, with this driver. So please go bug NVidia. :) But, see also this thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-threads/2003-June/000530.html which might explain why it takes forever for new drivers to arrive. :( ------------1249E2492C870489 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) iD8DBQFAmLPZsF6jCi4glqMRAgvzAKC2nHflKAHLbcjsNhqvNkvBbuDjygCeJPvy 7BBSmocsJ5kY3Gh+eJZETro= =GXGd -----END PGP MESSAGE----- ------------1249E2492C870489--