From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 4 13:13:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05945 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 13:13:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sbservices.com ([207.51.66.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05940 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 13:13:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@sbservices.com) Received: from thoth.sbservices.com (root@thoth.sbservices.com [199.174.17.20]) by sbservices.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id QAA04216; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:14:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from site2s1.sbservices.com (site2.sbservices.com [169.2.160.40]) by thoth.sbservices.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA23141; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:10:34 -0500 (EST) Received: by site2s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:13:07 -0500 Message-ID: <29C83908FF4FD2118D2C00A0C90FCB440873C7@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels - SSG To: "'MOLAI'" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Diamond Viper V550 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:13:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Go to http://www.nvidia.com/ click on products and then on Drivers. There is an " Experimental XFree86 Source Patch" that may be of use to you. > -----Original Message----- > From: MOLAI [SMTP:Molai@cris.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 1:39 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Diamond Viper V550 > > Hi There, > > I am a FreeBSD Newbie to an extreme, I attempted my first install > yesterday. I have had Linux Slackware running on my machine for quite > some time, but decided I was up for a change. The problem I am having is > with my video card in X, I have a Diamond Viper V550 with 16MB of video > ram, which uses the Riva128 TnT chipset. I can't seem to find any > drivers/servers that support the card. The best I have been able to do is > select a Diamond Viper V330, however when I start Xwin I get a horid > resolution of 320x200 (Which makes the mouse cursor about 2 inches wide). > Have you ever come across this problem before, and if so do you have a > solution I could try? > > Thank you for taking the time to answer this question, I appreciate the > effort put into helping FreeBSD newbies in their quest for an ultimate OS > :) > > Regards, > BoJames Molai > molai@concentric.net > > > 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