Date: 03 Aug 2002 12:47:43 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Geforce 2 Go, need some current info Message-ID: <1028393263.19849.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3D4C053A.EF24FDA0@pythonemproject.com> References: <3D4C053A.EF24FDA0@pythonemproject.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 12:30, rob wrote: > Well, I've got my Dell 8200. I bought it with the Geforce 2 because > XFree86 explicititely said that it worked with their 4.2. But I > understand that there are FreeBSD specific issues, ie. it doesn't work. > My screen starts up but turns into a psychedelic mixture of colors. > > I checked back thru the questions, mobile, multimedia, and harware list > archives and I came up with two web pages that might have a solution. > The first was nvidia.netexplore.org. They have a patch that works with > an Nvidia linux driver that unfortunately is no longer on the Nvidia > page. The second is www.marcuscom.com which has a patch to our nv > server port. My site is still up, and still offers working patches for the GeForce2 Go as well as GeForce4 cards. I'm using those drivers on my 8100, and I have 24-bit color at 1600x1200. Of course, with the native XFree drivers, you don't get 3D acceleration. > > I'm just wondering what the latest info is as all of what I've seen > looks pretty old. I'm going to try the patch agains the server today, > though. You shouldn't have any problems, but if you do, let me know. Joe > > BTW, this laptop kicks ass! Kernel builds and port builds go faster > than my 1200Mhz DDR main system. Very nice. > > Thanks, Rob > > > -- > ----------------------------- > The Numeric Python EM Project > > www.pythonemproject.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9TAkvb2iPiv4Uz4cRAklTAJ0dyd0ObkEudEcC/lsoAV+twUyZQACgj9u+ eKvr/VFPuUszQUAJNdqnwVA= =tq9b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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