From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 5 04:30:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F00F416A4CF for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 04:30:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B0443D1D for ; Wed, 5 May 2004 04:30:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i45BThIt010491; Wed, 5 May 2004 20:59:44 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Dimitry Andric Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 20:59:41 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <40982623.2090804@bellsouth.net> <20040505102632.73f67bbe.manlix@demonized.net> <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com> In-Reply-To: <115944527.20040505112857@andric.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200405052059.41332.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -4.9 () CARRIAGE_RETURNS,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_KMAIL X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.16 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) cc: nilson@bellsouth.net cc: Johan Pettersson cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia FX Support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 11:30:15 -0000 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 5 May 2004 18:58, Dimitry Andric wrote: > > That driver hasn't worked for me since 5.1-RELEASE. I have tried various > > ways to get it to work. FreeBSD locks up when starting X. > > The problem is that NVidia hasn't updated its binary-only FreeBSD > driver since July 1st, 2003. Any cards released after this date will > not work properly, or at all, with this driver. So please go bug > NVidia. :) I was under the impression the Fx 5200 was newer than that (just) but I'm n= ot=20 sure. At least the Fx 5200 Go works and I'd expect similar vintage cards to= =20 work too. > But, see also this thread: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-threads/2003-June/000530.html > > which might explain why it takes forever for new drivers to arrive. :( Yeah, I believe proper TLS support is being worked on, but I think it's=20 contingent on a new compiler etc.. That said, a new version that only works with libc_r wouldn't go astray :( =2D --=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAmNAl5ZPcIHs/zowRAkndAKCodrLt0s9fESczpq5kkSO9NAv+fgCfcUkX 3tfXQPTeC17nXE8x0QOEfLE=3D =3Dkh63 =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----