Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:24:49 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: mdh_lists@yahoo.com Cc: Adam Vandemore <amvandemore@gmail.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: too many video drivers Message-ID: <ade45ae90903311624j6efc99bfx690ff868c48fdfdf@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <111557.32583.qm@web56805.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <49D27157.5030809@gmail.com> <111557.32583.qm@web56805.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:53 PM, mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Adam Vandemore <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Adam Vandemore <amvandemore@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: too many video drivers > > To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 3:39 PM > > Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too > > many input/video > > > drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver > > since my graphic > > > card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all > > others. but i am not > > > sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by > > "xf86-video-chips" > > > since i don't know what kind of "chip" > > that stands for. can someone > > > tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? > > thanks!! > > > > > > TFC > > > > Depending on what versions of things you use the > > nvidia-driver port and > > /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau may be > > replacements for the nv driver. Honestly I'm not really > > sure what the xf86-video-chips > > port does, but I don't think it's related to nvidia > > and is perhaps for older video chipsets. > > x11/nvidia-driver is the driver released by nvidia. It doesn't work on > architectures other than i386 and has some other limitations (breaks certain > components of KDE4, for one other thing - see the 'black windows bug'.) It > does support 3d acceleration using the nvidia GPU, though. I've got an nVidia at work (nvidia0: <GeForce 7300 GS>) with the above port installed, with kde4. No problems. Been running for a couple weeks. When was this bug announced? > > > The x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv port is the open source Xorg driver for > nvidia chipsets. It doesn't support 3d acceleration using the GPU. > > Neither is a perfect solution, and the disparity has been an issue for > years now... > > - mdh > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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