From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Apr 25 20:40:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from the.oneinsane.net (the.oneinsane.net [66.42.61.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F3A437B423 for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:39:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moria.bsdguru.com (gandalf.bsdguru.com [207.113.133.12]) by the.oneinsane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 501601568E for ; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:39:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by moria.bsdguru.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 54DB9A84; Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:39:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:39:39 -0700 From: Ben Lovett To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 8200 - NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go - XF86 Message-ID: <20020426033939.GA1193@bsdguru.com> Mail-Followup-To: Ben Lovett , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <200204260200.WAA00709@heimdall.ttsg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200204260200.WAA00709@heimdall.ttsg.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Moon: The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (99% of Full) X-GPG-Key: http://www.bsdguru.com/~blovett/blovett.pgp X-GPG-Fingerprint: C75F A722 1518 03B8 26C3 77A1 7C76 8AFA EBAB 2004 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD moria 4.5-STABLE-20020318 X-Uptime: 8:39PM up 40 mins, 4 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Tuc, If you can get XFree86 4.2 to install (through ports or packages), you might try this: http://www.marcuscom.com/g2g-xfree86/article.html Note: I have not tried this as I have a supported video card in my Dell i8000, but from what I hear, it works.. Atleast with a GeForce2 Go.. Regards, Ben I believe Tuc (tuc@ttsg.com) scribbled this: > Hi, > > Just bought a Dell 8200 with : > > NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go video controller with 64 MB of DDR RAM > > > I tried to get it running with 4.5-STABLE. I tried the drivers > from the Nvidia group, and it didn't work/had problems. I've tried contacting > them a few times, no replies. > > Anyone know a way to get this running? My old Inspiron 7000 is > giving up the ghost big time (The screen just ripped off of its post). I > just atleast need it running in 800x600 or whatever to start with. SOMETHING > to atleast getting X running and usable.. I haven't loaded any customized > config/etc (VIRGIN LOAD) so if I need to go to 4.5-CURRENT or 5.0 or whatever, > I'LL GO! > > Thanks, Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > -- Ben Lovett -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "One world, one web, one program" -- Microsoft promotional ad "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer" -- Adolf Hitler To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message