Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:42:54 -0500 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: XFree86 4.2, FreeBSD -STABLE, drivers and capabilities Message-ID: <20020827164253.A17125@polands.org>
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Hi, How does one find out if there is an XFree86/FreeBSD driver for a given video adapter and which features are supported (2d vs. 3d, accelerated vs. unaccellerated)? After searching the lists I think I've determined that GeForce4 is not supported, but who actually KNOWS that or where is documentation/code that one can read to find the definitive answer? So maybe the GeForce3 has support? XFree86 website ( http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Status22.html#22 ) reports: 22. NVIDIA 4.2.0: Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta, M64), GeForce (DDR, 256), Quadro, GeForce2 (GTS, Ultra, MX), GeForce3, and Quadro2 is provided by the "nv" driver. Since I'm running 4.2.0 and I have the file: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o Do I have accelerated 2d/3d support? Searching google groups turns up older, ambiguous results. For example on -STABLE, in July 2001 ( http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=9j464j%242jpu%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw ) reports... "Well, to put this to rest... 2D support (non-accelerated) has been working for Geforce models since at least 4.0.1 (if not before). I've used my Geforce 2 MX with all releases from 4.0.1 to 4.1.0. The announcement is for the accelerated 2D/3D drivers, currently Linux-only. The FreeBSD drivers are in the works, and we're currently just waiting for NVIDIA to help us out on some central issues (see http://nvidia.netexplorer.org). With any luck, and the NVIDIA engineers having a bit more time (nForce launch and all), we should have 3D support for pretty much the full line of NVIDIA cards within the next several weeks." But I've seen nothing newer that would substantiate that. So before I plunk down $100US+ for a graphics adapter, how do I KNOW that the card (and which features) is supported? -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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