Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:53:38 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> Subject: Re: nVidia chipset - ethernet support? Message-ID: <200403290253.43487.h@schmalzbauer.de> In-Reply-To: <20040328215731.GA40112@uk.tiscali.com> References: <20040328215731.GA40112@uk.tiscali.com>
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--Boundary-02=_XO3ZAwRaDgAWspf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Sonntag, 28. M=E4rz 2004 23:57 schrieb Brian Candler: > I have installed FreeBSD-5.2.1 on my brand new Soltek EQ3702A machine, > which has an nVidia chipset. I have got most of the on-board hardware to > work: kldload snd_ich -- pcm > kldload firewire \ to mount my ipod > kldload sbp / > > but I don't seem to be able to get ethernet to work. A google shows that > this is a long-standing issue: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-August/016739.h= tm >l http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2003-July/001016.html > > but I don't see anything else posted since August last year. > > I did come across this driver against FreeBSD-5.1: > http://www.onthenet.com.au/~q/nvnet/ [1] > > Anyone have any experience with it? It claims to be in the official ports > tree under net/nvnet, but I don't find it there (not in the 5.2.1-RELEASE > ports tree anyway). Well actually, I did find something here: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/pds.cgi?ports/net/nvnet [2] I tried the nvnet driver from the ports some days ago with a nforce2 and it= =20 worked flawlessly. But you can also use the ProjectEvil ndis wrapper and use the WinXP driver. I also did this with great success some weeks ago. > > Unfortunately the driver page [1] doesn't link to the Linux driver it > requires, and the port at [2] links to a different version of nvnet than > the one at [1]. > > If anyone has this working with FreeBSD-5.2.1 (and either an up-to-date > port, or a pointer to the correct Linux module required), that would save > me some random hacking. > > Incidentally, my machine has two VGA ports. If anyone knows how to get bo= th > of those working together with XFree86, that would be appreciated too! You need the proprietary nvidia driver (from ports/x11/nvidia-driver). See = the=20 docs in the working directory of the port for more info, if you need a samp= le=20 dual-layout I can send you mine. Best regards, =2DHarry > > Cheers, > > Brian. > _______________________________________________ > 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" --Boundary-02=_XO3ZAwRaDgAWspf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAZ3OXBylq0S4AzzwRAk8RAJ0aKYtFkXQZPq1Z6CXu1/a33+96CQCeIHPz lrrC4FxzQwONXme7TEDma00= =zwhD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_XO3ZAwRaDgAWspf--
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