From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 8 20:56:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7A9037B401 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:55:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-out.comcast.net (smtp-out.comcast.net [24.153.64.116]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD8C543FA3 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:55:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mupi@mknet.org) Received: from c-67-161-243-229.client.comcast.net (c-67-161-243-229.client.comcast.net [67.161.243.229]) by mtaout01.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HG700FOQ46VG6@mtaout01.icomcast.net> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 23:54:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 21:54:33 -0600 From: Mike Porter In-reply-to: <20030609021420.M59766@quantumtheorem.com> To: darren , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <200306082154.41860.mupi@mknet.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-description: clearsigned data User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20030608012118.M496@quantumtheorem.com> <20030609021420.M59766@quantumtheorem.com> Subject: Re: nvidia/4.8-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 03:56:00 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 08 June 2003 08:20 pm, darren wrote: > No, the nvidia driver claims it works on 4.7 and up, and then later says it > doesn't work on 4.8. Someone was really lazy with the documentation and > didn't bother proof reading it. I already had it installed and had it > crash my computer when I upgraded to 4.8, and yet in ports it still builds, > even though I crash from it. > > -Darren I guess YMMV, then, because it works fine for me, and I have 4.8. Like I said, I did have to jump through a few hoops, but once jumped, it has been working (I almost said flawlessly, but it doesn't appear to do OpenGL correctly; everything else in my setup works). It may be something with the particular card, although supposedly nvidia has a common driver interface that means that all of their cards, from TNT to Titanium, should work. mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+5AT+Y30jZzkECLcRAp85AJwIETOiqXAx8e+pgj0xyutcDc7meQCgmOqz QCZyKKvdAtvVo21sWMad+I0= =5Y2p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----