From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 29 9: 3: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from omnix.net (omnix.net [195.154.168.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4689537B510 for ; Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:02:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from didier@omnix.net) Received: (qmail 3951 invoked by uid 200); 29 Feb 2000 17:02:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Feb 2000 17:02:53 -0000 Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:02:53 +0000 (GMT) From: Didier Derny To: Paul Horechuk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Creative Labs 3D Anihilator Pro In-Reply-To: <021501bf81fe$cb8db000$73f8d7a5@paul.docucom.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG the Geforce board works fine with XFree but there is a small problem, the board is not correctly detected. to correct this probleme down XFree3.3.5 or XFree3.3.6, update the source code for nvidia from http://www.nvidia.com inside XFree the code for nvidia is localted in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/(I forgot something here)/nv just copy the files got from the nvidia web site (sorry but I can't remember the name of the archive). the go back to the xc directory follow the instruction from the INSTALL file something like: make World &> world.log copy you original server mv /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA.orig then go in xc/programs/Xserver en copy XF86_SVGA in /usr/X11R6/bin restart xfree it should work if you want more information of the XF86_SVGA from XFree 3.3.6 or 3.3.5 send me an email to didier@aida.org After this operation my geforce board (leadtek windfast) worked fine for me. On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Paul Horechuk wrote: > This board uses a GeForce 256 chipset with 32MB RAM. Any idea about which > chipset I can configure this board for, other than generic VGA? The X-Window > Server configuration runs fine if I don't specify any particular card to > use. Once in it and a select a card, it tries to initialize the server and > fails. The best I've managed is what appears to be a 320x200 screen with > huge buttons and menu bars (KDE). I have about 3 usable lines of text, after > guessing which menu option is the kterminal! > This is with v3.4 CD > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message