Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:54:58 -0400 From: Adam Stroud <adam.stroud@gmail.com> To: Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Message-ID: <d1a2799d0507150554a354d9e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200507152216.34951.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> References: <d1a2799d05071420077edefc16@mail.gmail.com> <200507151501.58712.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> <d1a2799d05071504295385b0a2@mail.gmail.com> <200507152216.34951.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>
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Thanks for the enlightnement. I have already rebuilt the driver with the changes that I need. My system will now longer boot, but that is another issue. Thank you for your help. A On 7/15/05, Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote: > 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: > > > > >=20 > > > > > > What card do you have - nvidia have dropped support for older chipset= s - > > > take a look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for details. > > > That might be the cause of your problem. >=20 > > I am using the GeForce2 GTS >=20 > There's your problem then, it's not supported by the new drivers accordin= g to > the list at http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html >=20 > Look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for instructions on how to keep the older dri= ver > on your system. >=20 > Cheers, > -- > Ian > gpg key: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~imoore/no-spam.asc >=20 >=20 >
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