From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 10:54:56 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 10:54:53 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from donkeykong.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (donkeykong.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFCC437B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 10:54:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (smtp@qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.152]) by donkeykong.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/4.3-mailhub) with ESMTP id NAA28304; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:54:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (timcm@localhost) by qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/5.1-client) with ESMTP id NAA04781; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:54:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:54:47 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen X-Sender: timcm@qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu To: Nader Turki Cc: mattb@finsyn.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TNT2 In-Reply-To: <3A2E8661.2EBD205@adelphia.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Superprobe doesn't always work even for some cards that do work with XFree86. On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Nader Turki wrote: > I tried 3 diff TNT2 cards. Right now I have a Diamond VIPER V770. > Many say it should work fine. But I keep getting an error. I got the same > error with the 3 diff TNT2 cards. > The error says: > > SuperProb: KDENABIO failed > SuperProbe: Cannot open video Do you get this error when trying XFree86 setup? I think that would be strange. > I mean could it be something else that causing the problem? other than the > video card? could it be the motherboard maybe? > > I can't even try to setup XFree86 from /stand/sysinstall :( > It fails! Did you try Xfree86 configure, the text based program to get x working? That supposedly works sometimes when the graphical setup program does not. Tim > Thanks, > > --Nader > > Matt Bettinger wrote: > > > I have the card and it works fine with free86 and metroX. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nader Turki > > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 3:07 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: TNT2 > > > > Hello guys, > > Is there anybody using Viper V770 Standard 32mb AGP Video card? it's a > > (NVIDIA RIVA TNT2) > > I just wanted to check before I buy it. 'cause I had a TNT2 card before > > and I used to get errors whenever trying to startx. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Nader > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message