Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:40:45 +0200 From: "Claudiu Balogh" <claudiu.balogh@xnet.ro> To: "Brock Kreiser" <root63@earthlink.net> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <006001c14fd4$f3d81410$0901a8c0@claus> References: <001001c14fbc$485fac00$0500a8c0@brockspc>
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Hi,
It seems to me that XFree86 3.3.6 isn't capable of handling some newer
nVidia cards correctly... I have had exactly the same problem with my
GeForce 256, so I upgraded my X to ver. 4.*. XFree86 ver.4+ is changed in
structure compared to previous versions. It's more modularized and has
support for many newer cards (allegedly the nv4 driver, that I am using with
my card, supports everything through GeForce3, as I remember reading the
documentation for it). Upgrading to XFree86 is very simple, just follow the
readme files and that's all. Everything went perfectly and I am now able to
use my card with whatever resolution I please to. Maybe it's not the best
solution, but it seems to be the simplest. I experiment a lot with FreeBSD,
so I reinstall it very often. I never had a problem with upgrading to the
latest version of XFree86. Maybe there are problems but I didn't notice any.
So jump on the XFree86 ftp site and get the newest version.
Hope this helps,
Claus.
P.S. Question: why isn't the latest XFree86 included in FreeBSD 4.4 ? I know
this question should go to freebsd-questions, but since this problem has
come up here I thought I might just ask it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brock Kreiser
To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 07:44
Hey all,
Ok let first state that i am a total newbie to fbsd!!! and also im lovin
it except for X.... I no i gotta be doing something wrong someware but cant
figure it out.... I'm running 4.4R and vs.3.3.6 of X (Gnome with
Enlightment}i got fbsd runnin on a amd 700 with 128megs of ram my vid card
is a Nivida riva TNT2 with 32megs of ram.. My monitor is a gateway ev 500
horizontal sync range is 31-69 kHz vetical is 50-100....
i can get x to start but the display is just nasty its either 1 all grey and
no pics or the display pixels are so huge and unclear you cant see anything
at all...
for the vid card selection i tried the nvidia riva tnt2(generic) also tried
the Riva tnt 2 but either way cant get it to work... I did have it working
the first time i ran fbsd but then i messed something up severly and i ended
up formating and starting all over again (what can i say Damn Newbies) and
yes i have read over the handbook and even the complete fbsd book... but no
matter what i cant get it to work.. 1 more thing the one time i did get X to
work... when runnin xf86config my vid card was # 362 which now is 466 how
that happen i will never no but thats one of those lovely things about
computers i guess..
someone please help me!!!!!!!!!
if you need more info just let me no!!!!! like i said before im just a
newbie trying to escape from microsoft :)
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