Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:10:16 -0400 From: "Anthony M. Agelastos" <iqgrande@gmail.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, markzero <mark@darklogik.org> Subject: Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes Message-ID: <11E66443-1CFF-4CE8-AEF3-F3E4A4ED75AD@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42C3BB88.60609@dial.pipex.com> References: <20050630001004.GA60781@logik.ath.cx> <42C3BB88.60609@dial.pipex.com>
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On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:29 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > markzero wrote: > > > > >> Oh the joys of binary drivers. >> >> I awake from a peaceful slumber after a portupgrade to find that >> I suddenly no longer have X. The playful and exciting words >> dance across my colourless and tormented screen: >> >> (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in >> (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy >> (WW) drivers. Please visit >> (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more >> (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this >> (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. >> >> The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA >> site and there appears no be no port for them either. >> >> >> >> > Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really =20 > figured out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, =20 > but then all I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software =20 > development, so I have never needed any "fancy" features. (I've =20 > never had a TNT2, but I believe it's supported). > > Man nv says under supported cards: > > RIVA TNT2 NV5 > > I am having the same problem with a RIVA TNT card. Changing the =20 driver from nvidia to nv in /etc/X11/xorg.conf allows me to enter =20 X11. This is all unfortunate, however. These binary drivers provide =20 GLX extensions to X11 for NVIDIA cards (so I could type glxgears at =20 the prompt and have it actually do something). I hope this site =20 exists soon and someone makes a port for it; I enjoyed knowing that =20 if I needed to play an OpenGL game that wasn't too hardcore, I could =20 do it with this computer (I could actually play Quake 3 pretty well =20 with those drivers). > > Alternatively, can you just spring for a newer video card? (I =20 > know, that feels like giving in, but if you don't need the latest, =20 > fanciest thing then there should be something cheapish out there. =20 > Ge4 cards seem to be about =A320, assuming *they* are supported by =20 > nvidia of course). > > Final alternative, downgrade your driver back to what you had. I =20 > believe there is a "portdowngrade" but have never used it. You can =20= > tell portugrade never to upgrade that port (see HOLD_PKGS or =20 > similar in /etc/pkgtools.conf) and probably keep a copy of the port =20= > directory and driver around "just in case". > > --Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-=20 > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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