From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 06:25:03 2004 Return-Path: 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 03D5C16A4CE for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 06:25:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from world.tonkinresolutions.com (233-123.adsl6.netlojix.net [207.71.233.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC67E43D53 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 06:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nick@tonkinresolutions.com) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by injector.tonkinresolutions.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 9D654F844; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:23:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from teltron.tonkinresolutions.com (unknown [192.168.0.146]) by world.tonkinresolutions.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF887F7C1; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 06:23:47 -0800 (PST) To: Robert Downes , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200401072225.29231.algould@datawok.com> <3FFD1929.2010608@lineone.net> Message-ID: From: Nick Tonkin Organization: Tonkin Resolutions Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 06:24:56 -0800 In-Reply-To: <3FFD1929.2010608@lineone.net> User-Agent: Opera7.23/FreeBSD M2 build 518 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on world.tonkinresolutions.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Sanitizer: Advosys mail filter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Commercial graphics drivers for 5.x ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:25:03 -0000 On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 08:47:37 +0000, Robert Downes 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 -- _____________________________________ Nick Tonkin {|8^)> information management systems and custom software development http://www.tonkinresolutions.com