Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 12:48:34 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> To: Pete Young <peteyng@home.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GeForce 2 MX && XFree86 4.0.1 Message-ID: <20001103124834.A17532@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <20001102010029.YGKF26241.mail2.rdc3.on.home.com@asus>; from peteyng@home.com on Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:59:34PM %2B0500 References: <20001102010029.YGKF26241.mail2.rdc3.on.home.com@asus>
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Weehoooo !!!!! It worx! Thanks a lot for all the help I got! Ernst Pete Young wrote: > On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 01:18:53 +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >After the problems I head with my upgrade from XFree86 3.3.6 to 4.0.1 (using > >the port, on an NVidia TNT card) I cvsupdated my sources, made world, > >recompiled and -installed kernel, etc. No luck. Recompiled the port, no luck. > >So I tried running it with an NVidia TNT2 card. No luck. > > > >At the moment, I exchanged the TNT2 card for a GeForce 2 MX, and I > downloaded > >a binary distro from xfree86.org. Guess what? The Geforce 2 isn't supported > >yet :-/ > > > >Does any1 have experience with using a GeForce 2 (MX) card with XFree86 ? > > > Support for the Geforce 2 has not been included with the latest release of > XFree86 yet but it has been added to the CVS repository. > > I used the FreeBSD port system to build it. Here are the steps that worked. > > cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 > make patch > > I then copied these files from the XFree86 anoncvs repository to the same > directories under /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4/work/ > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/common/xf86PciInfo.h > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_driver.c > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_include.h > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_local.h > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_type.h > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/riva_tbl.h > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/nv/nv_xaa.c > > Edit nv_include.h and remove the line #include "vbe.h" . Finish > with > > cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 > make install > XFree86 -configure > > Good luck. > - > Pete > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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