From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 23 13:23:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8BBCBC for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:23:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4E411DB for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f181.google.com with SMTP id r11so634994lbv.40 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:23:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=nvzCMVVWRGheOI0aaAXO+oI9tsFHq/ylOscKMaiSgAU=; b=FzA0e0FNdgeF0XMx8gXB8SVc1ztKemq5wzOZGTF9IrOOdhXznbLJAQIpRAX67Df5k8 QOYKyCQ2t1RmSlBx/yEz7qtRMiXfXw2/1z6Hqi0VouSetTK3Z2SnFRpAAePvYvQ4mO/m 7eazOhIjjKuvRkLF2TZxZ9/tmdVPIog+s+sVjgrvt5ELWBV31E/+hYt0Mi/XJCn5Sz7O SiQyDgM5IXX72/6/xPDkd5TvKAIYKLW+aox/Py+SzmIwTJwDHCQmKKwm+byA2UoHp2Ln NS1wNzJw4U7vjoep5qro4/TQrxf7VP0pCVDNbC36aYz2lEMXll2xlseHDLpCDLdPAhNn IBUg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.6.229 with SMTP id e5mr15722797laa.6.1366723434602; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:23:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.162.36 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:23:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1366720913.739.YahooMailNeo@web161904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1366720913.739.YahooMailNeo@web161904.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:23:54 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Nvidia FreeBSD display driver - 319.12 Beta (Optimus) From: Tom Evans To: Unga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:23:56 -0000 On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Unga 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