From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 23 13:32:48 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C4B37B405 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:32:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-94-58-56.stny.rr.com [24.94.58.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16D043F1E for ; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:32:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id 653FC4FCA4; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:11:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FCD94A0F; Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:11:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:11:46 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: Andrew Y Ng Cc: peter andrus , Subject: Re: a question In-Reply-To: <20030123205623.GA16354@AndrewNg.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Andrew Y Ng wrote: > Subject: Re: a question > > I setup FreeBSD dual-boot on my dad's machine with a Samsung 170 flat panel > and it worked just fine. Just make sure you specify the right sync > frequencies in your XFree86 config file. and KDE looked *NICE* on the 17" > flat panel. > > i think 5.0 has nv driver. I think just used the nv driver for his nv pci > card and it worked quite well. > > /ayn > > On 0, peter andrus wrote: > > hi, i just bought a brand new system. I want to set it up as a dual boot > > system with XP and FreeBSD. I would like to know where I can get an updated > > list of supported hardware,especially flat panel monitors. I have a samsung > > syncmaster 170MP, and I want to know if it is supported. also, i am curious > > about my nvidia video card. thanks peter > > Also, you can get 'official' FreeBSD drivers from www.nvidia.com, depending on the model/age of your nVidia card. They work quite well :) # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message