Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:52:48 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> To: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia 7000m only works with vesa driver. Message-ID: <20080102095248.04e94e28.ariff@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20071231070530.11862ktctrls790k@intranet.encontacto.net> References: <20071231070530.11862ktctrls790k@intranet.encontacto.net>
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--Signature=_Wed__2_Jan_2008_09_52_48_+0800_lMiSd+qmR61X4bhC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:05:30 -0600 eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote: > On an acer 5520-5679 laptop, Nvidia 7000m only works with the vesa =20 > driver. Is there a way to use an nv driver that should take > advantage of the card itself? I'm running: > AMD64 Current from the latest snapshot: >=20 > FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT-200712 #0: Sun Dec 30 11:33:37 CST 2007 =20 > root@local15.local.net.mx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENCONTACTO amd64 >=20 > The pciconf -lv: >=20 > vgapci0@pci0:0:18:0: class=3D0x030000 card=3D0x01261025 > chip=3D0x053310de rev=3D0xa2 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Nvidia Corp' > class =3D display > subclass =3D VGA >=20 >=20 If you just need 2d acceleration, 1280x800 widescreen resolution, grab http://people.freebsd.org/~ariff/ports/xf86-video-nv/patch-xzz , dump it into /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv/files/ , recompile / install xf86-video-nv .=20 -- Ariff Abdullah FreeBSD ... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........ --Signature=_Wed__2_Jan_2008_09_52_48_+0800_lMiSd+qmR61X4bhC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHeu5wlr+deMUwTNoRAhSCAJ4rvv7xKiyTmmqdRSXqSb5TnpsIXACfaiZS hqHsAKqJNi/V+UUtFEW6AFA= =y7v4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Wed__2_Jan_2008_09_52_48_+0800_lMiSd+qmR61X4bhC--
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