From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 23 2:45:42 2002 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 9E82237B401 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 02:45:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B801143E65 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 02:45:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8N9jdC0005759; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:45:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8N9jY8Y005758; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:45:34 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:45:34 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: taproot420 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions before installing 4.6.2 Message-ID: <20020923094534.GD4587@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <1512145715.20020922162517@myrealbox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1512145715.20020922162517@myrealbox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-13.3 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, TO_LOCALPART_EQ_REAL,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 04:25:17PM -0500, taproot420 wrote: > 2. My machine (amd athlon 1800+ ,256 ddr ram) also has the Geforce 4 > video card with dvi output as i use a lcd monior. Is this card > supported by the XFree86 sever present in the current release, is it > possible to use it at all in case the latter answer is no...and if > somehow i can get this card working can i use the DVI output for my > lcd and if so what config do i need to add to the xfree86.config to > use this DVI port? You might find this site illuminating: http://nvidia.netexplorer.org/index.html Generally NVidia cards are supported and work well for 2D stuff, but 3D acceleration is another matter --- http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/dri/ Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message