From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 27 14:42:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2016737B400 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from out2.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out2.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.3.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3B943E65 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:42:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dpoland@execpc.com) Received: from shell.core.com (shell.core.com [169.207.1.89]) by out2.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.12.3/8.11.4/1.7) with ESMTP id g7RLgssc010828 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:42:54 -0500 Received: (from dpoland@localhost) by shell.core.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/1.3) id g7RLgsn18621 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:42:54 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:42:54 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: XFree86 4.2, FreeBSD -STABLE, drivers and capabilities Message-ID: <20020827164253.A17125@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, How does one find out if there is an XFree86/FreeBSD driver for a given video adapter and which features are supported (2d vs. 3d, accelerated vs. unaccellerated)? After searching the lists I think I've determined that GeForce4 is not supported, but who actually KNOWS that or where is documentation/code that one can read to find the definitive answer? So maybe the GeForce3 has support? XFree86 website ( http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Status22.html#22 ) reports: 22. NVIDIA 4.2.0: Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta, M64), GeForce (DDR, 256), Quadro, GeForce2 (GTS, Ultra, MX), GeForce3, and Quadro2 is provided by the "nv" driver. Since I'm running 4.2.0 and I have the file: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o Do I have accelerated 2d/3d support? Searching google groups turns up older, ambiguous results. For example on -STABLE, in July 2001 ( http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=9j464j%242jpu%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw ) reports... "Well, to put this to rest... 2D support (non-accelerated) has been working for Geforce models since at least 4.0.1 (if not before). I've used my Geforce 2 MX with all releases from 4.0.1 to 4.1.0. The announcement is for the accelerated 2D/3D drivers, currently Linux-only. The FreeBSD drivers are in the works, and we're currently just waiting for NVIDIA to help us out on some central issues (see http://nvidia.netexplorer.org). With any luck, and the NVIDIA engineers having a bit more time (nForce launch and all), we should have 3D support for pretty much the full line of NVIDIA cards within the next several weeks." But I've seen nothing newer that would substantiate that. So before I plunk down $100US+ for a graphics adapter, how do I KNOW that the card (and which features) is supported? -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message