From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 11 12:12:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta2n.bluewin.ch (bw211zhb.bluewin.ch [195.186.1.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ED8737B401 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:12:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from bw150zhb.bluewin.ch (172.21.1.38) by mta2n.bluewin.ch (5.5.021) id 3A801435001315F8 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:11:10 +0100 Received: from zerohero (bw1-133pub149.bluewin.ch [195.186.133.149]) by bw150zhb.bluewin.ch (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA05224 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:11:09 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <000c01c09468$8bd251a0$6401a8c0@zerohero> Reply-To: "zerohero" From: "zerohero" To: Subject: X Windows with a Geforce? And using my DSL connection? Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:23:49 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01C09470.ECFFA9C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C09470.ECFFA9C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First of all, I'm wondering about using X Windows with FreeBSD on my = computer with a Geforce 256-based video card. I know I need one of the = X4 versions, but since I haven't had any luck in getting my DSL modem to = work under FreeBSD, the first thing I need to deal with is my = connectivity problem. I am running FreeBSD dual-boot with Windows ME... = I've got a Netgear FA310TX 10/100 NIC and am using a Linksys router with = firmware that runs PPPoE for my DSL modem. So I'm guessing all I need = to do is get my NIC running under FreeBSD. Does anyone know where I can = find some good tutorials for installing a NIC under FreeBSD, any = specific drivers for my NIC, and additional information on networking = between Windows and *NIX systems so I can try to use the printer on = another Windows machine on my LAN? ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C09470.ECFFA9C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

First of all, I'm wondering about using X Windows = with FreeBSD=20 on my computer with a Geforce 256-based video card. I know I need = one of=20 the X4 versions, but since I haven't had any luck in getting my DSL = modem to=20 work under FreeBSD, the first thing I need to deal with is my = connectivity=20 problem. I am running FreeBSD dual-boot with Windows ME... I've = got a=20 Netgear FA310TX 10/100 NIC and am using a Linksys router with firmware = that runs=20 PPPoE for my DSL modem. So I'm guessing all I need to do is get my = NIC=20 running under FreeBSD. Does anyone know where I can find some good = tutorials for installing a NIC under FreeBSD, any specific drivers for = my=20 NIC, and additional information on networking between Windows and = *NIX=20 systems so I can try to use the printer on another Windows machine on my = LAN?

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