Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:51:01 -0600 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia 7000m only works with vesa driver. Message-ID: <20080102055101.131227oo4bnqho5c@intranet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <20080102095248.04e94e28.ariff@FreeBSD.org> References: <20071231070530.11862ktctrls790k@intranet.encontacto.net> <20080102095248.04e94e28.ariff@FreeBSD.org>
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Quoting Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org>: > On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:05:30 -0600 > eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote: >> On an acer 5520-5679 laptop, Nvidia 7000m only works with the vesa >> driver. Is there a way to use an nv driver that should take >> advantage of the card itself? I'm running: >> AMD64 Current from the latest snapshot: >> >> FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT-200712 #0: Sun Dec 30 11:33:37 CST 2007 >> root@local15.local.net.mx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO amd64 >> >> The pciconf -lv: >> >> vgapci0@pci0:0:18:0: class=3D0x030000 card=3D0x01261025 >> chip=3D0x053310de rev=3D0xa2 hdr=3D0x00 >> vendor =3D 'Nvidia Corp' >> class =3D display >> subclass =3D VGA >> >> > > If you just need 2d acceleration, 1280x800 widescreen resolution, grab > http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/ports/xf86-video-nv/patch-xzz , dump > it into /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv/files/ , recompile / > install xf86-video-nv . > > -- > Ariff Abdullah > FreeBSD > > ... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced > and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........ > Thanks Ariff, Much nicer and works fine. ed
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