From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 06:06:05 2004 Return-Path: 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 A309216A4CE for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 06:06:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from serve.wwwroot7.net (server.wwwroot7.net [216.180.224.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CAF643D2F for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 06:06:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mendonan@absolute-p.ath.cx) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=sazli.rumah.my) by serve.wwwroot7.net with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BTKZ0-00077f-U5; Thu, 27 May 2004 08:04:51 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sazli.rumah.my (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4RD4eiY002201 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 27 May 2004 21:04:43 +0800 (MYT) (envelope-from mendonan@absolute-p.ath.cx) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 21:04:39 +0800 (MYT) From: Senandung Mendonan To: Gautham Ganapathy In-Reply-To: <030201c443e7$235c62a0$2701a8c0@itg.ti.com> Message-ID: <20040527203859.K1626@ybpnyubfg> References: <030201c443e7$235c62a0$2701a8c0@itg.ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - serve.wwwroot7.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - absolute-p.ath.cx X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: cc: FreeBSD - Questions Subject: Re: nVidia driver problem w/ FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE + mplayer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 13:06:05 -0000 On Thu, 27 May 2004, Gautham Ganapathy wrote: > I have installed 5.2.1-RELEASE on my system (Athlon XP/nForce 2 > Ultra/GeForce 3). Unfortunately, I am not able to use nVidia's fbsd > drivers. I saw a few posts that mentioned it would work under fbsd-5 > although it was written for 4. Any idea on what might be the problem? Did you install the driver via ports ( /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver ), or did you compile yourself? The ports version have some tweaks for you to try. I've been using the ports version (default install, no tweaking) in FreeBSD 5.2.1 on my Dell Latitude D800 (GeForce4 4200 Go), with no problems so far: ran mplayer occasionally with the some mpeg, avi, etc. Got one minor gripe though: Can't get the Twinview feature working -- how to get the display on both the laptop and a projector. (anybody got this one working?) Thanks. --mendonan "Yang mimpikan secangkir kopi panas dengan selimut.." (Dreaming of a cup of hot coffee, and a blanket..")