Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:30:11 -0800 From: Andrew Stuart <elitetek@tekrealm.net> To: Roberto Armenteros <rarmente@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: does freeBSD 4.4 support Nvidia Geforce 2??? Message-ID: <20020110183011.B70804@freebsd.tekrealm.net> In-Reply-To: <20020111022325.10382.qmail@web13601.mail.yahoo.com>; from rarmente@yahoo.com on Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 06:23:25PM -0800 References: <20020111022325.10382.qmail@web13601.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 at 18:23:25 -0800, Roberto Armenteros wrote: > Now, this is my question. I installed freeBSD 4.1 on > my computer for a test. The network part worked great, > but when I setup X i could not find my video card > "Nvidia GeForce 2 GTS" I found other Nvidia cards but > not mine. I hope support to this card is added in new > editions "4.4" and thats what I would like to confirm. > If somebody knows about this, please let me know. > Also, what X server should I install in order to > provide support to the NVidia GeForce 2 family. In the > list provided in the installation program, I could not > find anything refering to Nvidia. I saw Virge, S3, IBM > and a many others. Again, this was FreeBSD 4.1. I > would really appreciate your help... > > Roberto Armenteros > Freebsd will support just about any video card, as far as X that is a different story, which version of X are you using? the Geforce 2 is supported in X 4.0.1 and higher, I am not sure if 3.3.6 supports it or not, but if it does, it will use the nv driver. edit your XF86Config and look at the Device section. you should have a line that looks simular to: Driver "nv" I hope this helps. -- Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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