From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 19 14:10:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3922E16A403; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:10:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri@darklight.org.ru) Received: from darklight.org.ru (darklight.org.ru [194.186.18.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB4E13C4A7; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:10:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri@darklight.org.ru) Received: from darklight.org.ru (yuri@darklight.org.ru [127.0.0.1]) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6JE9eIh003171 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:09:45 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yuri@darklight.org.ru) Received: (from yuri@localhost) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6JE9cO8003170; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:09:38 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yuri@darklight.org.ru) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:09:38 +0400 From: Yuri Pankov To: Dino Vliet Message-ID: <20070719140938.GA1092@darklight.org.ru> References: <649370.47002.qm@web51110.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <649370.47002.qm@web51110.mail.re2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Greylist: Sender is SPF-compliant, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (darklight.org.ru [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:09:45 +0400 (MSD) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: max resolution with vesa driver on amd64 system running FreeBSD 6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:10:51 -0000 --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 02:21:09AM -0700, Dino Vliet wrote: > Hi folks, >=20 > I'm having problems with my monitor on freebsd. The vesa driver uses 1024= X768 while the monitor is capable of doing 1680x1050. >=20 > Observed here as well: >=20 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+bug/5801 >=20 > Using the nv driver is no option because it freezes my system and I have = to turn the power down to start booting the system again. >=20 > Am I in a problematic situation now because: >=20 > 1) Vesa isn't capable of using higher resolutions? > 2) I can use NV because the driver isn't ok on my amd64 system > 3) Nvidia doesn't provide a FreeBSD version of their nvidia driver on AMD= 64 based systems? >=20 > Brgds >=20 Not an answer you want but.. Try using xf86-video-nv 2.1.2 (as opposed to 1.2.2.1, which is in ports now). All you need to do is change PORTVERSION to 2.1.2 in x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv/Makefile, delete distinfo and `make fetch makesum install'. HTH, Yuri --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGn3CieoAklVFrLdgRAmUXAJ90d2RFXpjzDlNbtyenzVY0er+rNACfZLu2 F79ErTP5FvnL2LF1OCa/f6w= =MUYR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--