Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 17:35:30 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "FreeBSD as a Desktop" heh, heh.... Message-ID: <20021105172803.H5190-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <3DC84780.8060002@centtech.com>
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On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Eric Anderson wrote: > Chris Dillon wrote: > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Eric Anderson wrote: > > > > > >>Chris Dillon wrote: > >> > >>>The newest NVidia cards work fine with FreeBSD's XFree86 port. I > >>>created a patchset for XFree86 that added support for the newest cards > >>>to the nv driver which was added to the XFree86 port on August 5. > >>>You have to either build XFree86 from the ports, or use > >>>FreeBSD.org-built binaries made after that date. The > >>>XFree86.org-built binaries will not have any improvements incorporated > >>>in them after the day that particular version of XFree86 was released. > >> > >>I'm running 4.7-RELEASE, shouldn't that be new enough? > > > > > > I would think so. I see the patches in the port, I hope they actually > > get put into the binary packages. Do you have a particular card that > > isn't working? If so, paste the relevant portion of pciconf -l -v > > output. > > On my notebook: > none1@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00e41028 chip=0x011210de rev=0xb2 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Nvidia Corporation' > device = 'GeForce2 MX Ultra [NV11]' > class = display > subclass = VGA I didn't add that PCI ID for some reason. I'm not sure what it would take to get that one to work but it might be just as easy as the rest. > and on my desktop: > none1@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x87831462 chip=0x017210de rev=0xa3 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Nvidia Corporation' > device = 'GeForce4 MX 420 [NV17.3]' > class = display > subclass = VGA This one is in there. If the card is not being detected at all and the nv driver isn't even trying to drive it, then the patch is not present for some reason. Try compiling XFree86-4 totally from a recent ports collection. If it IS being attached to the nv driver when you run XFree86 and it just doesn't work, then there is another problem. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, ARM, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org No trees were harmed in the composition of this message, although some electrons were mildly inconvenienced. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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