Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:25:14 +0530 From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com> To: "Laszlo Vagner" <freebsd@vagner.com> Cc: "Questions @ FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: nVidia drivers w/ 4.7-RELEASE Message-ID: <NGBBJAAOCMHHCAAOGNFMMEIHFCAA.gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: <3DDD6DAA.7000108@vagner.com>
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On Friday, November 22, 2002 5:05 AM, Laszlo Vagner wrote > > lewiz wrote: > > >On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 08:25:39AM +0530, Gautham Ganapathy wrote: > > > > > >>Will the nvidia drivers work with 4.7-RELEASE? 4.7-STABLE won't have > >>ISOs, right? > >> > >> > > > >You need 4.7-STABLE to get the NVidia drivers working. I don't know > >exactly what -RELEASE is missing but I'm quite sure. There are still > >problems with them (they hang my machine all the time) so be prepared > >for trouble. > > > >-lewiz. > > > > > > > Yes I just installed the nvidia drivers for my TI 4200 card and > ymessenger crashes the machine, > it just makes some clicking sounds from the sound card and > then reboots > without syncing disks. > > I am running Xfree 4.2.0_1, libraries 4.2.1_3, server 4.2.1_5 and > client 4.2.1_2 this is greater than > required by the nvidia instructions. The driver did get rid of the > missing pixels in the xterm window > but you cant use the machine reliable anymore. > > I am getting this error in netscape now also, "translation > table unknown > keysym name somekeyname" > I tried deinstalling it and reinstalling 4.8 without change. > > next is to change the xserver driver and see if that changes anything. > I just downloaded and tried out quake3 demo. worked fine. no crashes. i have to try out the timedemo and ut2003. Running 'timedemo <demoname>' will give me the fps, right? Rather than instantaneous, can I get an average fps with this command? Regards Gautham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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