Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:37:15 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: Nader Turki <nturki@adelphia.net> Cc: mattb@finsyn.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TNT2 Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10012061432330.2082-100000@qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <3A2E937B.7EE31CAB@adelphia.net>
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Mine won't help you, Matt's may. I think I mentioned before I could only get mine running correctly in 800x600 in 16bit color. On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Nader Turki wrote: > Yeah many told me that, but I try XFree86Setup from /stand/sysinstall and it > fails. Doesn't have anything to do with superprobe. It's unfortunate and may just be a problem with the combination of your monitor and video card. As I said before I would recommend getting something better supported by XFree86 than the TNT2. > I'll appreciate it if you could tell me the settings for your Xfree. > 'cause I've been trying for more than 1 week now and can't get it to work :(. Try running Xfree86configure in sysinstall and see if you have any more luck. What happens when you use XFree86Setup from /stand/sysinstall? Sorry I can't be more helpful, but my card is not working well either. Tim > Tim McMillen wrote: > > > Superprobe doesn't always work even for some cards that do work with > > XFree86. > > > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Nader Turki wrote: > > > I tried 3 diff TNT2 cards. Right now I have a Diamond VIPER V770. > > > Many say it should work fine. But I keep getting an error. I got the same > > > error with the 3 diff TNT2 cards. > > > The error says: > > > > > > SuperProb: KDENABIO failed > > > SuperProbe: Cannot open video > > > > Do you get this error when trying XFree86 setup? I think that would be > > strange. > > > > > I mean could it be something else that causing the problem? other than the > > > video card? could it be the motherboard maybe? > > > > > > I can't even try to setup XFree86 from /stand/sysinstall :( > > > It fails! > > > > Did you try Xfree86 configure, the text based program to get x working? > > That supposedly works sometimes when the graphical setup program does not. > > > > Tim > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > --Nader > > > > > > Matt Bettinger wrote: > > > > > > > I have the card and it works fine with free86 and metroX. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nader Turki > > > > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 3:07 PM > > > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Subject: TNT2 > > > > > > > > Hello guys, > > > > Is there anybody using Viper V770 Standard 32mb AGP Video card? it's a > > > > (NVIDIA RIVA TNT2) > > > > I just wanted to check before I buy it. 'cause I had a TNT2 card before > > > > and I used to get errors whenever trying to startx. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > -Nader To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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