Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 08:40:17 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> To: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> Cc: Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headache getting XFree to work with NVidia GeForce 2 Message-ID: <20020123164017.5C09E5D0A@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:17:48 GMT." <20020123091748.GB1450@rhadamanth>
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:17:48 +0000 > From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 06:04:41PM -0800, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > > If anyone has gotten installed XFree 4.x on a machine > > with an NVidia GForce 2 Card, please, I am in > > desperate situation to get it working. I need clean > > steps to follow. After installing the basic system > > first "full binaries and source without X Window > > System" how should I proceed exactly? When I try to > > install XFree 4.x from the ports at > > /usr/ports/x11/XFree-4x by typing "make all install > > clean" then I says that it cant find the XFree4x.tar > > file "I dont know why it needs it." I WOULD REALLY > > appreciate your help. I need to get this going... > > Get the latest port. > The GeForce 2 card is now supported by the nv driver with XFree86 4.2.0. But the XFree86 4.2 port has been backed out due to many reported problems. (FWIW, I've been running it since the day it was released on my NeoMagic card with no problems.) I suspect that 4.2 will return fairly soon. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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