From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 10:56:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB248B6 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:56:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B75A48FC0C for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:56:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.2.117.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.6/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qBVAu2V1013316 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:56:03 GMT (envelope-from matthew@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.7.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk qBVAu2V1013316 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/qBVAu2V1013316; dkim=none reason="no signature"; dkim-adsp=none (insecure policy) Message-ID: <50E16F39.70403@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:55:53 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Optimus VGA support in new release 9.1 References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig2DB70253F3D68ADE10286591" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.6 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:56:14 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig2DB70253F3D68ADE10286591 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 31/12/2012 10:15, Ashkan Rahmani wrote: > I really want to migrate to FreeBSD for daily usages, Bu my main issue = is > my > vga card on my notebook, this is optimus. >=20 > any body knows is it supported in this new release? That's an nVidia card. The FreeBSD version is pretty much irrelevant here. What you need to ask "is my nVidia card supported by the x11/nvidia-driver port, or failing that the built-in Xorg nv driver?" If you want 3-D acceleration and all that stuff, then you'll need the x11/nvidia-driver. Check the "supported products" tab on this page: http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd-x86-310.19-driver.html If your video card isn't there, or you can't recognise it from the part number, then I'm afraid you're out of luck[*]. Your best resource there is to ask on one of the nVidia forums. Cheers, Matthew [*] There are other drivers available for various legacy cards: finding information about these is left as an exercise for the student. --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig2DB70253F3D68ADE10286591 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDhb0IACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxV2gCgjtF7YbyXkBTu/r71bB4VPhK3 ttQAn3uEtvxUg5vkh1crnVIv6pR6tj+7 =JeYa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2DB70253F3D68ADE10286591--