Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:29:04 +0400 From: Yuri Pankov <yuri@darklight.org.ru> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Going multi-headed with nvidia 7900GS card and 6-STABLE/amd64 ... Message-ID: <1185121744.3446.3.camel@darklight.org.ru> In-Reply-To: <40D707389F9B4C9027B72D44@fserv.hub.org> References: <729466.7225.qm@web30311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <40D707389F9B4C9027B72D44@fserv.hub.org>
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--=-HTiC8A8UfOI/hQiMWgjC Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 12:43 -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 >=20 >=20 > - --On Sunday, July 22, 2007 00:50:39 -0700 Arne WXrner <arne_woerner@yah= oo.com>=20 > wrote: >=20 > > Hi Marc! > > >=20 > > You should try the ports nvidia-driver and nvidia-xconfig and nvidia-se= ttings > > (pkg_add -r <port name>)... >=20 > This is the dilemna ... the new computer is 64bit, and nvidia doesn't sup= port=20 > FreeBSD/64bit due to a myriad of problems with FreeBSD :( Apparently the= re is=20 > a group on the FreeBSD side trying to address this, but the nVidia side d= oesn't=20 > seem to hold much hope in it getting in in time for 7.x, so 6.x is a ways= out=20 > yet :( >=20 > For those not aware, but interested, apparently this is 'the list' from t= heir=20 > side (relatively old): >=20 > <http://marc.info/?l=3Dfreebsd-hackers&m=3D115157983106569&w=3D2>; >=20 > And this is the list on our side: >=20 > <http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests>; >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > - ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.or= g) > Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.or= g > Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) >=20 > iD8DBQFGo3sU4QvfyHIvDvMRAj5kAKCo0b4tHoDP+OEK07xL5cdTw1LuxQCdHpj/ > D7o47iFBAsfDUcZ3+lvptJ4=3D > =3Do5kh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >=20 xf86-video-nv was updated few days ago to version 2.1.2, which supports DualHead option (with some limitations). from nv(4) manpage: Option "Dualhead" "boolean" Enables simple VBE-based dual head mode. This sets the same resolution on both outputs and lays them out side-by-side. The screens will be panned together as one big metamode if the vir- tual desktop is larger than both screens combined. HTH, Yuri --=-HTiC8A8UfOI/hQiMWgjC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGo4W4eoAklVFrLdgRAgYFAJ47TRXUtwk9qZwsZ0U/iNOkOerulwCgj3X/ 3CugpIdCBY54gAidmlRBbXU= =U8UK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-HTiC8A8UfOI/hQiMWgjC--
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