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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 12:43 -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > - --On Sunday, July 22, 2007 00:50:39 -0700 Arne WXrner <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Marc! > > > > > You should try the ports nvidia-driver and nvidia-xconfig and nvidia-settings > > (pkg_add -r <port name>)... > > This is the dilemna ... the new computer is 64bit, and nvidia doesn't support > FreeBSD/64bit due to a myriad of problems with FreeBSD :( Apparently there is > a group on the FreeBSD side trying to address this, but the nVidia side doesn't > seem to hold much hope in it getting in in time for 7.x, so 6.x is a ways out > yet :( > > For those not aware, but interested, apparently this is 'the list' from their > side (relatively old): > > <http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hackers&m=115157983106569&w=2>; > > And this is the list on our side: > > <http://wiki.freebsd.org/NvidiaFeatureRequests>; > > > > > - ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) > Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org > Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFGo3sU4QvfyHIvDvMRAj5kAKCo0b4tHoDP+OEK07xL5cdTw1LuxQCdHpj/ > D7o47iFBAsfDUcZ3+lvptJ4= > =o5kh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGo4W4eoAklVFrLdgRAgYFAJ47TRXUtwk9qZwsZ0U/iNOkOerulwCgj3X/ 3CugpIdCBY54gAidmlRBbXU= =U8UK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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