Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 01:19:35 -0800 From: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> To: "Brian T . Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: "Justin L. Boss" <jlboss@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NVIDIA 3D FreeBSD Drivers Message-ID: <20020303011935.S12253@rain.macguire.net> In-Reply-To: <20020303082134.91EF2BA03@i8k.babbleon.org>; from bts@babbleon.org on Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 03:21:34AM -0500 References: <20020303024505.6646337B400@hub.freebsd.org> <20020303082134.91EF2BA03@i8k.babbleon.org>
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* Brian T . Schellenberger (bts@babbleon.org) [020303 00:26]: > On Saturday 02 March 2002 10:09 am, Justin L. Boss wrote: > > I know not everone uses FreeBSD for a desktop but if you like FreeBSD and > > are interested in seeing it become one of the most successfully OS ever and > > you think you will ever use it as a desktop and like to have 3d support > > then take a minute and go to http://nvidia.netexplorer.org/petition.html > > and fill out the petition. It is your OS, fight for it. > > Why not just avoid nvidia entirely? Or fight for public release of the specs > instead of trying to get FreeBSD added to the list of "blessed" OS's like > Linux and Windows. > > Avoid proprietary solutions and venders of hardware that are unwilling to > work with open-source code. Unwilling, or unable? As I've heard, they will not release specs because they cannot release specs as per licensing contracts for their technology. This hardly seems like a damnable offense to me, especially considering it helps them build excellent hardware. As for the matter of not having support for NVidia cards under FreeBSD... [snip] Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "xie" Load "pex5" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "freetype" EndSection [snip] Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "GeForce2 MX" BusID "PCI:1:5:0" EndSection [snip] My NVidia card works fine under FreeBSD for me. -- Benjamin Krueger "From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it." - Groucho Marx ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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