From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 11 22:13:31 2003 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 A05A937B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:13:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC73143FA3 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:13:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18iq9A-000NBt-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 06:13:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 9A393C790 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:13:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id C5CCEC646 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:13:17 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id CAAA0225F9; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:13:17 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:13:17 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does XFree86 installed from CD lack anything? Message-ID: <20030212061317.GB1406@raggedclown.net> References: <20030211181911.A27344@mail.hitmedia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030211181911.A27344@mail.hitmedia.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 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 On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:19:11PM -0800, BSD baby wrote: > Does the default install of XFree86 4.2 binaries from the > FreeBSD 4.7 CD-Rom lack any drivers? PCI video drivers, maybe? > > > When I set up a new FreeBSD 4.7 box from CD-Rom I choose the > option to install "all sources + XFree binaries" since I'm > going to be running XFree86/KDE. > > Usually it's not a problem, but on a new box with no AGP slot, > I've tried TWO different XFree-approved PCI video cards and > BOTH give me this error: > > ------------ > Fatal server error: > XFree86 has found a valid card configuration. > Unfortunately the appropriate data has not been added to xf86PciInfo.h. > ------------ > > > my "scanpci -v" has this: > > pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x0b function 0x00: vendor 0x10de device 0x002d > NVidia Riva TNT2 M64 > STATUS 0x02b0 COMMAND 0x0007 > CLASS 0x03 0x00 0x00 REVISION 0x15 > BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x20 CACHE 0x00 > BASE0 0xde000000 addr 0xde000000 MEM > BASE1 0xdc000008 addr 0xdc000000 MEM PREFETCHABLE > MAX_LAT 0x01 MIN_GNT 0x05 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x0b > I believe you have to go through the "non-trivial" exercise of installing the Nvidia driver..I have not done this yet, due to lack of patience, but several people on the list have been there and done it, look back in the recent archives for long discussions on it... Or probably someone else will give you a pointer. Nvidia support for FreeBSD is very new. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message