From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jun 25 19:28:08 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D7DA6414D5 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:28:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: from outgoing.tristatelogic.com (segfault.tristatelogic.com [69.62.255.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GBRqV70qLz3DtR for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:28:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfg@tristatelogic.com) Received: by segfault.tristatelogic.com (Postfix, from userid 1237) id 106A84E6A9; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:28:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" To: Kristofer cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Old NVIDIA card, new FreeBSD = failure? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <36918.1624649279.1@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:28:00 -0700 Message-ID: <36919.1624649280@segfault.tristatelogic.com> X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GBRqV70qLz3DtR X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of rfg@tristatelogic.com designates 69.62.255.118 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=rfg@tristatelogic.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.30 / 15.00]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[69.62.255.118:from]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[tristatelogic.com]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[69.62.255.118:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.998]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[protonmail.com]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14051, ipnet:69.62.128.0/17, country:US]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:28:08 -0000 In message , Kristofer wrote: >I installed 13.0-RELEASE which went fine, but trying to get X to work is = failing. >I have an old NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 which worked fine on the old version= ... I have a simimar problem, since FreeBSD these days no longer fully support= s my admittedly ancient AMD-based video card... and as a result, I sometimes get kernel crashes (althought not too frequently). I don't think there is anything to be done about these kinds of problems unless you are willing & able to roll up your sleeves and fix the video drivers that are of interest to you yourself. The next best altetrnative, short of purchasing all new hardware, is to just buy & install a different and newer video card. Regards, rfg P.S. It would be Good if whoever does work on the video card support in FreeBSD could create and maintain a short list of "cheap" video cards that are actually supported now, and that should remain so for at least the next few years.