Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:16:26 +0930 From: Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> To: Adam Stroud <adam.stroud@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Message-ID: <200507152216.34951.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> In-Reply-To: <d1a2799d05071504295385b0a2@mail.gmail.com> References: <d1a2799d05071420077edefc16@mail.gmail.com> <200507151501.58712.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> <d1a2799d05071504295385b0a2@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Friday 15 July 2005 20:59, Adam Stroud wrote: > > On 7/15/05, Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote: > > On Friday 15 July 2005 12:37, Adam Stroud wrote: > > > All: > > > > > > I am having a problem getting my nvidia video card to work since I > > > portupgraded to the latest nvidia driver in the port. I had > > > everything working find using many of the old verions. Then I > > > upgraded to the latest version and now when I attempt tp startx, I > > > get: > > > > > > > What card do you have - nvidia have dropped support for older chipsets - > > take a look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for details. > > That might be the cause of your problem. > I am using the GeForce2 GTS There's your problem then, it's not supported by the new drivers according to the list at http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html Look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for instructions on how to keep the older driver on your system. Cheers, -- Ian gpg key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC17AqPUlnmbKkJ6ARAvvgAJ9cWmPRk0JVKlzHtVSjh9tF2sK+QACeOOCI EDqmc6zXbm0svOCMHEcd/IM= =CK4M -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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