Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 09:53:27 -0400 From: "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net> To: "Claudiu Balogh" <claudiu.balogh@xnet.ro> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <005d01c15000$9ea01d40$0500a8c0@brockspc> References: <001001c14fbc$485fac00$0500a8c0@brockspc> <006001c14fd4$f3d81410$0901a8c0@claus>
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hey all,
sorry for posting in here but many thx for the help and to give you all
an update i did get it up and working finaly i upgraded tp the newest vs of
X and everything is fine now!!!!!!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Claudiu Balogh" <claudiu.balogh@xnet.ro>
To: "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net>
Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 4:40 AM
Subject: Re:
> Hi,
>
> It seems to me that XFree86 3.3.6 isn't capable of handling some newer
> nVidia cards correctly... I have had exactly the same problem with my
> GeForce 256, so I upgraded my X to ver. 4.*. XFree86 ver.4+ is changed in
> structure compared to previous versions. It's more modularized and has
> support for many newer cards (allegedly the nv4 driver, that I am using
with
> my card, supports everything through GeForce3, as I remember reading the
> documentation for it). Upgrading to XFree86 is very simple, just follow
the
> readme files and that's all. Everything went perfectly and I am now able
to
> use my card with whatever resolution I please to. Maybe it's not the best
> solution, but it seems to be the simplest. I experiment a lot with
FreeBSD,
> so I reinstall it very often. I never had a problem with upgrading to the
> latest version of XFree86. Maybe there are problems but I didn't notice
any.
> So jump on the XFree86 ftp site and get the newest version.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Claus.
>
> P.S. Question: why isn't the latest XFree86 included in FreeBSD 4.4 ? I
know
> this question should go to freebsd-questions, but since this problem has
> come up here I thought I might just ask it.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brock Kreiser
> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 07:44
>
>
> Hey all,
>
> Ok let first state that i am a total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im
lovin
> it except for X.... I no i gotta be doing something wrong someware but
cant
> figure it out.... I'm running 4.4R and vs.3.3.6 of X (Gnome with
> Enlightment}i got fbsd runnin on a amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card
> is a Nivida riva TNT2 with 32megs of ram.. My monitor is a gateway ev 500
> horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is 50-100....
> i can get x to start but the display is just nasty its either 1 all grey
and
> no pics or the display pixels are so huge and unclear you cant see
anything
> at all...
> for the vid card selection i tried the nvidia riva tnt2(generic) also
tried
> the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to work... I did have it working
> the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed something up severly and i
ended
> up formating and starting all over again (what can i say Damn Newbies) and
> yes i have read over the handbook and even the complete fbsd book... but
no
> matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more thing the one time i did get X
to
> work... when runnin xf86config my vid card was # 362 which now is 466 how
> that happen i will never no but thats one of those lovely things about
> computers i guess..
>
> someone please help me!!!!!!!!!
>
> if you need more info just let me no!!!!! like i said before im just a
> newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)
>
>
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