Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 20:59:41 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia FX Support? Message-ID: <200405052059.41332.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com> References: <40982623.2090804@bellsouth.net> <20040505102632.73f67bbe.manlix@demonized.net> <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 5 May 2004 18:58, Dimitry Andric wrote: > > That driver hasn't worked for me since 5.1-RELEASE. I have tried various > > ways to get it to work. FreeBSD locks up when starting X. > > The problem is that NVidia hasn't updated its binary-only FreeBSD > driver since July 1st, 2003. Any cards released after this date will > not work properly, or at all, with this driver. So please go bug > NVidia. :) I was under the impression the Fx 5200 was newer than that (just) but I'm n= ot=20 sure. At least the Fx 5200 Go works and I'd expect similar vintage cards to= =20 work too. > But, see also this thread: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-threads/2003-June/000530.html > > which might explain why it takes forever for new drivers to arrive. :( Yeah, I believe proper TLS support is being worked on, but I think it's=20 contingent on a new compiler etc.. That said, a new version that only works with libc_r wouldn't go astray :( =2D --=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAmNAl5ZPcIHs/zowRAkndAKCodrLt0s9fESczpq5kkSO9NAv+fgCfcUkX 3tfXQPTeC17nXE8x0QOEfLE=3D =3Dkh63 =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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