Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:46:55 -0700 From: rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@accms33.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X11, Nvidia, Geforce 2 Go, Dell Inspiron 8000 Message-ID: <3D3C612F.63174259@pythonemproject.com> References: <200207212045.WAA20360@accms33.physik.rwth-aachen.de> <1027308794.319.13.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <20020722081607.B22472@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:33:11PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 16:45, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > I did another try to get XFree86-4 in 1600x1200 working on > > > my Dell Inspiron 8000 with Geforce 2 Go Nvidia. > > > > > > I chose to use the XFree-4 nv driver patch and not the > > > Linux driver from the Nvidia site. Maybe I will do it as a > > > next step after I have discussed the following points: > > > > > > > > > 1. I did a make patch, > > > untared nv.tar.gz in /usr/ports/x11-servers/XFree-4-server/work > > > and built / installed the thing. With a sample XF86Config > > > I was amazed to see the 1600x1200 screen with twm windows > > > populated when doing a startx first time. > > > > > > 2. I could not get my touchpad or attached PS/2 mouse > > > working. What is the trick? > > > > The sample XF86Config at http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/XF86Config > > works on my 8100 for my trackpad and my eraser head. Make sure you have > > moused running on the system first, and that your protocol in your > > XF86Config is set to Auto. > > > > I run moused with the -3 flag out of rc.conf. > > Ah, thanks. Forgot about moused . > > -- > Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kukulies@rwth-aachen.de > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message I was looking at the latest Dells. Isn't the 8000 the one that has up to 2Ghz mobile P4 + DDR memory? I'm wondering if this is a good choice for FreeBSD? Thanks, Rob. -- ----------------------------- The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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