From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 10:11:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 30F1716A41C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:11:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iqgrande@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B7643D48 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:11:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iqgrande@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i4so67017wra for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:11:57 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=Y1HfiZr1m7R/xeGsM4mmu/351CmZk9rCpcRKWBKcMOTHy2jQm87Lm8CV4ctgGUobJb8J6ne35lMsxLlTrl3fUHTCINaQe5w4WIgTAcEj7xZQWx7eJ5nse500ad12KJSiIK0b3unnadaF7TmUICAz/GsNxAV74TPOtqI+NVbJY/U= Received: by 10.54.11.25 with SMTP id 25mr320442wrk; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:11:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.2? ([24.30.63.114]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 11sm445633wrl.2005.06.30.03.10.03; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:11:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <42C3BB88.60609@dial.pipex.com> References: <20050630001004.GA60781@logik.ath.cx> <42C3BB88.60609@dial.pipex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <50AC50B5-1421-4E78-AB2B-EC13D7D210B3@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: "Anthony M. Agelastos" Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:10:01 -0400 To: Alex Zbyslaw X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, markzero Subject: Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:11:59 -0000 On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:29 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > markzero wrote: > > > >> Oh the joys of binary drivers. >> >> I awake from a peaceful slumber after a portupgrade to find that >> I suddenly no longer have X. The playful and exciting words >> dance across my colourless and tormented screen: >> >> (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in >> (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy >> (WW) drivers. Please visit >> (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more >> (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this >> (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. >> >> The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA >> site and there appears no be no port for them either. >> >> >> > Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really =20 > figured out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, =20 > but then all I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software =20 > development, so I have never needed any "fancy" features. (I've =20 > never had a TNT2, but I believe it's supported). > > Man nv says under supported cards: > > RIVA TNT2 NV5 > I am having the same problem with a RIVA TNT card. Changing the =20 driver from nvidia to nv in /etc/X11/xorg.conf allows me to enter =20 X11. This is all unfortunate, however. These binary drivers provide =20 GLX extensions to X11 for NVIDIA cards (so I could type glxgears at =20 the prompt and have it actually do something). I hope this site =20 exists soon and someone makes a port for it; I enjoyed knowing that =20 if I needed to play an OpenGL game that wasn't too hardcore, I could =20 do it with this computer (I could actually play Quake 3 pretty well =20 with those drivers). > > Alternatively, can you just spring for a newer video card? (I =20 > know, that feels like giving in, but if you don't need the latest, =20 > fanciest thing then there should be something cheapish out there. =20 > Ge4 cards seem to be about =A320, assuming *they* are supported by =20 > nvidia of course). > > Final alternative, downgrade your driver back to what you had. I =20 > believe there is a "portdowngrade" but have never used it. You can =20= > tell portugrade never to upgrade that port (see HOLD_PKGS or =20 > similar in /etc/pkgtools.conf) and probably keep a copy of the port =20= > directory and driver around "just in case". > > --Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-=20 > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >