From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 30 17:46:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9CDC37B401 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:46:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.vrx.net (vrx.net [216.13.126.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A5A43ED1 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 17:46:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alvaro@vrx.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (pcp01914819pcs.verona01.nj.comcast.net [68.37.136.214]) by ns1.vrx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B080AD39D for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:46:30 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: alvaro@199.166.24.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:46:28 -0500 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Alvaro Gil Subject: Upgrading FreeBSD and XFree86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am trying to get a GeForce 2 MX 400 to work properly on FreeBSD 4.7. A few requirements for the "nvidia" drivers are... (yes the "nv" driver works, but it does not support TV out on X) Upgrade to FreeBSD 4.7 STABLE or newer. Upgrade to XFree86 4.2.1_3 server and 4.2.1 binaries or newer. Here are a few simple questions... (1) How do I know if I successfully upgraded to 4.7-STABLE? After I upgraded(downloaded 4.7-STABLE sources using cvsup and chapter 21 instructions), I rebooted and it still said 4.7-RELEASE on startup. What's up with this? Is this really still 4.7 RELEASE?? Or could a mistake in mergemaster have kept this text? (2) How do I go about updating to the latest and greatest XFree86? I used cvsup to update the ports collection, but when i started up X 4.2.1.1 flashed up before it started. How do I check what version of XFree86 is installed and what is the correct way of updating it? Thanks. Also, I am able to boot into X with this driver but after a while it crashes the entire system. Anyone running the nvidia driver with success? -- ____________________________________________ Alvaro Gil http://www.AlvaroGil.com '84 Volvo 242 Turbo (Silver) 15 psi '97 Leopard Gecko (White, Yellow, Black) NJIT Mechanical Engineering Student ____________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message