Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:20:23 GMT From: Joel Dahl <joel@automatvapen.se> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/71737: [PATCH] FAQ update: Binary drivers from Nvidia Message-ID: <200410271320.i9RDKNhi053629@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/71737; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Joel Dahl <joel@automatvapen.se>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: docs/71737: [PATCH] FAQ update: Binary drivers from Nvidia
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:16:13 +0200
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Attached is a slightly better patch.
Any thoughts? The new drivers from Nvidia does not support 4.7, so I'd
be happy if this got committed.
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Joel
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--- book.sgml Sat Oct 2 18:25:55 2004
+++ new.book.sgml Wed Oct 27 15:00:52 2004
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<answer>
<para>The availability of 3D acceleration depends on the
- version of &xfree86; you are using and the type of video chip
- you have. If you have an NVIDIA chip, you can use the binary
- drivers provided for FreeBSD 4.7 on the
+ version of &xfree86; or &xorg; you are using and the type of
+ video chip you have. If you have an NVIDIA chip, you can
+ use the binary drivers provided for FreeBSD on the
<ulink url="http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp">;
Drivers</ulink> section of their website. For other cards
- with &xfree86;-4, including the Matrox G200/G400, ATI Rage
- 128/Radeon, and 3dfx Voodoo 3, 4, 5, and Banshee,
+ with &xfree86;-4 or &xorg;, including the Matrox G200/G400,
+ ATI Rage 128/Radeon, and 3dfx Voodoo 3, 4, 5, and Banshee,
information on hardware acceleration is available on the
<ulink
url="http://people.FreeBSD.org/~anholt/dri/">XFree86-4
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