Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:18:08 +0100 From: Hans Nieser <h.nieser@xs4all.nl> To: Fred Cox <sailorfred@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any clues on nVidia GeForce 6100? Message-ID: <4576A6F0.2000706@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <207780.33704.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <207780.33704.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Fred Cox wrote: > I haven't been able to get my new work computer > (Gateway GT5228) to recognize the builtin graphics. > I'm using FreeBSD 6.2-RC1, mostly due to the fact that > the ethernet wasn't recognized by 6.1. > > The nv driver mentions many similar sounding chipsets, > but not 6100. > > Thanks for any clues, I'm not sure why nv would not recognise that, but the 'nvidia' driver (/usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver) might also be worth a try if you have no objections to closed source drivers, that is. Else I suppose you could try the 'vesa' driver but it has limited functionality/performance.
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