Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:39:17 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: xorg nv driver Message-ID: <200803280839.17665.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20080328011449.2b8db5a8@bhuda.mired.org> References: <25B2B1B9-0CF8-4D12-ACBA-3C8FF61A4D00@uos.de> <20080328011449.2b8db5a8@bhuda.mired.org>
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On Friday 28 March 2008 02:14:49 Mike Meyer wrote: > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:59:54 +0100 > > Ivaylo Mateev <imateev@uos.de> wrote: > > I am using FreeBSD/amd64 and have GeForce 7050PV in my Computer. This > > graphic card can not be used with the nv driver, it's not supported, > > and the nvidia driver :D :).Can I expect support for my grafic card > > any time soon ? > > Depends on what you mean by "support". It should work now using the > vga/svga driver, in vga/svga modes. It should work now using the nv > driver that's part of 7.3, which claims to support the GeForce 7xxxx > boards, but you've got one with a really odd bus (HyperTransport???), > which means I'm in over my head, but no one else has answered. That > could mean anything from "the nv driver will work if you turn off the > parts that HTX specific" to "your card won't be support until someone > writes the HTX bus driver for FreeBSD" (since the nvidia driver > supports it on i386, it shouldn't be that bad) - but in any case you > get at best 2d acceleration. The 64-bit binary driver from nvidia need > kernel support, and reports are it's being worked on, but adding > support for a binary driver is a political issue, but that's the only > option that gets full 3d-support. > > Your best course of action depends on what you want. Possibilities > include patching the FreeBSD kernel to make the nvidia folks happy, > trying to use a 32-bit X11 server so you can use the nvidia binary > driver, trying to get the nv driver working, and getting a video card > that's already supported. > well, the nv driver tends to hang xorg on amd64, at least with all nvidia=20 cards I tried. you can still login remotly and restart xorg but that is qui= et=20 annoying to do every 10 minutes ... appearently it happens only with X2 or= =20 better on any SMP kernel config and seems it doesn't matter disabling the=20 cores because it seems to be a xorg problem and not a os problem, so my=20 solution was ati/radeon =2D-=20 Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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