Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 06:36:42 +0000 From: Kristofer <gundoghusse@protonmail.com> To: rfg@tristatelogic.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old NVIDIA card, new FreeBSD = failure? Message-ID: <7gEFOizX8IdQjn5jZwHQnpdSEgHYMElvX0WVVFoFMHE94YRPDSwsRWATB_P4NbeERFYBGXw9fnx5IFZfBAq0vDIeLFUHTKsxmlicI4gPOt8=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: <36919.1624649280@segfault.tristatelogic.com> References: <36919.1624649280@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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Thanks all who replied, I seem to have completely missed the available packages, so I'll give them a try and see if I can get it working that way -------- Original Message -------- On 25 Jun 2021, 21:28, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > In message <uZ6VybGvR6ddjj1CVAd0CMNpgvfbc65oLMD5y8r7OPur5j7flNkWuLoxJAueOHkyAJoOW68fE1zpTrvk18VPxS > U3drao03Lv0n8UM6ge3y0=@protonmail.com>, Kristofer <gundoghusse@protonmail.com> wrote: > >>I installed 13.0-RELEASE which went fine, but trying to get X to work is failing. >>I have an old NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 which worked fine on the old version... > > I have a simimar problem, since FreeBSD these days no longer fully supports > my admittedly ancient AMD-based video card... and as a result, I sometimes > get kernel crashes (althought not too frequently). > > I don't think there is anything to be done about these kinds of problems > unless you are willing & able to roll up your sleeves and fix the video > drivers that are of interest to you yourself. The next best altetrnative, > short of purchasing all new hardware, is to just buy & install a different > and newer video card. > > Regards, > rfg > > P.S. It would be Good if whoever does work on the video card support in > FreeBSD could create and maintain a short list of "cheap" video cards > that are actually supported now, and that should remain so for at > least the next few years.
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