Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 06:24:56 -0800 From: Nick Tonkin <nick@tonkinresolutions.com> To: Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial graphics drivers for 5.x ?? Message-ID: <opr1gnnuarkr0fnn@world.tonkinresolutions.com> In-Reply-To: <3FFD1929.2010608@lineone.net> References: <opr1fr9zykkr0fnn@world.tonkinresolutions.com> <200401072225.29231.algould@datawok.com> <opr1f1n2zvkr0fnn@world.tonkinresolutions.com> <3FFD1929.2010608@lineone.net>
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 08:47:37 +0000, Robert Downes
<nullentropy@lineone.net> wrote:
> Nick Tonkin wrote:
>
>> Andrew, thanks for the pointer. The XFree86 nv driver is what I have
>> been using. I'm going to try to install and use Nvidia's own one.
>
>
> Really? I'm using a GeForce 2 MX 400 (64Mb) RAM, and I get an excellent
> picture with a Philips 109P2 monitor, using the nv driver for X.
>
> Given that you've been using FreeBSD since 2.x, this question is going
> to be insulting, but...
>
> Have you specified everything you can in the XF86Config file? Monitor
> rates, monitor measurements, etc? Seems strange that the same graphics
> chip could give such different performance.
Not insulting. I've used FreeBSD almost exclusively as a server platform,
not as a desktop. The main reason is that I've always found it to be less
user-friendly than running a thin Windoze client on top of a FreeBSD
server via ssh or whatnot. Out of my constant desire to completely dump
Microsoft I periodically try to set up a FBSD desktop (have done for
years) and always have given up in frustration sooner or later. Given a
new major version of the OS plus new versions of X and KDE, I thought I'd
try it again (plus Windoze screwed me again, eating another desktop). The
results have been mixed.
As to my XF86Config: I did whatever was minimally necessary to get it
working, using one of the configuration tools (I think I found it
confusing that both FBSD and KDE have tools for the same thing. Same with
printing.) I am now going to delve into XF86Config and see what I can
improve.
Thanks,
- nick
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