From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 14 04:06:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A46D106566B for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 04:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: from gdead.mooseriver.com (gdead.mooseriver.com [205.166.121.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35DA58FC12; Thu, 14 May 2009 04:06:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: by gdead.mooseriver.com (Postfix, from userid 2010) id 1C98A6333C; Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gdead.mooseriver.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from mooseriver.com (berkeley.mooseriver.com [75.61.201.134]) by gdead.mooseriver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF3463338; Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from berkeley.mooseriver.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mooseriver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 667AB18141B; Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by berkeley.mooseriver.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4E4642i001757; Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) X-Authentication-Warning: berkeley.mooseriver.com: jgrosch set sender to jgrosch@mooseriver.com using -f Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:04 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Message-ID: <20090514040604.GA1418@mooseriver.com> References: <20090514030634.GA1252@mooseriver.com> <11167f520905132045j57fc8914n40894ceecbf33ee5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11167f520905132045j57fc8914n40894ceecbf33ee5@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: Moose River, LLC Cc: question@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: In search of a video card X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 04:06:06 -0000 --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:45:17PM -0500, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Josef Grosch w= rote: > > > > I'm in search for a decent video card. I currently have an Nvidia GeFor= ce > > 8400 GS. It worked pretty well i386 FreeBSD 6.2. I have upgraded my home > > machine and I am running amd64 FreeBSD 7.2 and it just refuses to go in= to > > X. It just hangs. I've been poking around and, based on what I read, so= me > > FreeBSD developers and Nvidia have gotten into a finger pointing contes= t as > > to what is the problem. Its all very nice but doesn't help me much. >=20 > I can shed some light on the amd64 binary nvidia driver issue > John Baldwin has implimented the features the Nvidia people need. >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2009-01-2009-03.html#Device-mma= p()-Extensions >=20 > if you read the nvnews fourms Zander made refrence to working on a 64bit = driver. >=20 >=20 > Sam Fourman Jr. Great! So there is hope for my Nvidia card.=20 Josef --=20 Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 7.2 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFKC5isy8prLS1GYSERAlnmAJ9tJHzybHRYCHLl1R+ZkXQsFjJ6yQCeM6K4 P4qr0zf38ydQFL3JTX2KOwA= =Iw6Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PNTmBPCT7hxwcZjr--