Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:22:00 -0800 (PST) From: peter lageotakes <plageotakes@yahoo.com> To: Rob2 <rob2@pythonemproject.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 8600 a bad choice Message-ID: <20040209042200.2496.qmail@web14609.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4026EEF6.7020401@pythonemproject.com>
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--- Rob2 <rob2@pythonemproject.com> wrote: > peter lageotakes wrote: > > --- Rob2 <rob2@pythonemproject.com> wrote: > > > >>It has a USB floppy and I haven't been able to get > X > >>to work. I'm using > >> 5.2.1. Any hints are appreciated. > >> > >> > >>Rob. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > You have to provide a little more hardware > information > > such as graphics card and so forth. Was your card > > detected? Also there are at least 2 dell 8600's > the > > laptop and the desktop/workstation. > > > > FYI: its always better to provide more information > > than needed rather than less info. > > > > ===== > > ESCape with VI. Cheese A La mode. > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing > online. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Thanks for replying. The video card is a 32Mb > NVIDIA Geforce FX Go5200 > Go card. I guess NVIDIA hasn't release a binary for > this one yet. Also, > its a laptop. > > Sincerely, Rob. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" There are drivers in the ports collection: www.freebsd.org/ports nvidia-driver-1.0.4365_1 Also, www.nvidia.com has the binaries on their site. Here is another useful site: FreeBSD on Laptops http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.html freebsd-mobile -- Mobile computing with FreeBSD http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile Hope this helps. Pete ===== ESCape with VI. Cheese A La mode. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
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