Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:23:54 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Nvidia FreeBSD display driver - 319.12 Beta (Optimus) Message-ID: <CAFHbX1LuoNuJ--qd5AJ9x0C1z8T%2B3TakEN4jgQBQctceDDW5%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1366720913.739.YahooMailNeo@web161904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1366720913.739.YahooMailNeo@web161904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi all > > It says following Nvidia display driver supports Optimus: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd-x86-319.12-driver.html > > Has anybody tried it on FreeBSD? Does it really support Optimus? How is it usability, are there any frequent crashes? > > Unga > The FreeBSD relnotes for that driver are missing a section that the equivalent Linux version has on how to setup Optimus: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/319.12/README/randr14.html >From that page, it seems like you will need some very up to date Xorg components, as well as a co-operating secondary graphics driver. I don't know if you can get all those things yet on FreeBSD, nor if even having them would allow it all to work, given the missing documentation in the driver. Perhaps worth a try if you have some Optimus kit. Cheers Tom
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