Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 15:59:51 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> To: Rod Person <personrp@hotpop.com> Cc: joeborg@ieee.org Subject: Re: NVIDIA Driver on 5.4 RC3 Message-ID: <1115755191.86936.19.camel@chaucer> In-Reply-To: <op.sqki4y1npt669z@110-ccbh-97.ccbh.upmc.edu> References: <4280e040.4afd6c7e.36b3.ffffac6a@mx.gmail.com> <op.sqki4y1npt669z@110-ccbh-97.ccbh.upmc.edu>
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On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 12:37, Rod Person wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2005 12:24:30 -0400, Joseph Borg <juu.borg@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I've got an NVIDIA TNT2 and I'm trying to install NVIDIA's driver on the > > AMD > > 64 Release of 5.4 RC3. The driver I'm trying to install is: > > NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-7174.tar.gz. > > > > When I try to install it, make stops with an error saying that vm86.h was > > not found. Has anyone come across this problem before? > > I have the same type of card and use the NVIDIA driver with no problem. > I'm not sure, but does the driver support AMD 64 cpu?? > > > Alternatively, does anyone know of another driver I can use with my card > > that will support 1024x768 at true colour depth? > > The Xorg driver 'nv' - I believe it is - should support 1024x768, it just > doesn't do the 3D acceleration of the Nvidia driver. Even the VESA driver works at this resolution with the GEFORCE 440 card - I am not saying the performance is spectacular, but it works fine for me. Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "vesa" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440]" ChipSet "vesa" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection
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