From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 3 9:47:35 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 8DD0337B400; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 09:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B07B043E6A; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 09:47:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g73Gktib041964; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:46:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: Geforce 2 Go, need some current info From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: rob Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List , "freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <3D4C053A.EF24FDA0@pythonemproject.com> References: <3D4C053A.EF24FDA0@pythonemproject.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-vNg8RKEWowRDis1TgKKP" X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 03 Aug 2002 12:47:43 -0400 Message-Id: <1028393263.19849.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 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 --=-vNg8RKEWowRDis1TgKKP Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 12:30, rob wrote: > Well, I've got my Dell 8200. I bought it with the Geforce 2 because > XFree86 explicititely said that it worked with their 4.2. But I > understand that there are FreeBSD specific issues, ie. it doesn't work.=20 > My screen starts up but turns into a psychedelic mixture of colors. >=20 > I checked back thru the questions, mobile, multimedia, and harware list > archives and I came up with two web pages that might have a solution.=20 > The first was nvidia.netexplore.org. They have a patch that works with > an Nvidia linux driver that unfortunately is no longer on the Nvidia > page. The second is www.marcuscom.com which has a patch to our nv > server port. =20 My site is still up, and still offers working patches for the GeForce2 Go as well as GeForce4 cards. I'm using those drivers on my 8100, and I have 24-bit color at 1600x1200. Of course, with the native XFree drivers, you don't get 3D acceleration. >=20 > I'm just wondering what the latest info is as all of what I've seen > looks pretty old. I'm going to try the patch agains the server today, > though. You shouldn't have any problems, but if you do, let me know. Joe >=20 > BTW, this laptop kicks ass! Kernel builds and port builds go faster > than my 1200Mhz DDR main system. Very nice. =20 >=20 > Thanks, Rob >=20 >=20 > --=20 > ----------------------------- > The Numeric Python EM Project >=20 > www.pythonemproject.com >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message >=20 --=-vNg8RKEWowRDis1TgKKP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA9TAkvb2iPiv4Uz4cRAklTAJ0dyd0ObkEudEcC/lsoAV+twUyZQACgj9u+ eKvr/VFPuUszQUAJNdqnwVA= =tq9b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-vNg8RKEWowRDis1TgKKP-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message