Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 11:55:46 +0100 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: <spreng@socket.ch>, <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: revert back to i386 arch Message-ID: <011901c539ce$07431450$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> References: <63419.130.92.9.57.1112698358.squirrel@secure.socket.ch>
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If u've just installed easier to reinstall imo.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Spreng" <spreng@socket.ch>
> Hello,
>
> I have just installed an amd64 arch release on my new computer (64bit
> athlon cpu). Unfortunatley, NVidia doesn't provide any gfx drivers for
> amd64 architecture yet. The problem is that my graphic card isn't
> supported by the opensource nvidia (xorg) driver and hence I'd have to
> stick with the generic vesa driver. But it doesn't seem to support more
> than 60Hz VertRefresh rate which is unacceptable for me (using a CRT).
>
> Therefore I'd like to recompile my system back to i386 since my gfx card
> should be supported on that arch. Using CPUTYPE=p4 and TARGET_ARCH=i386
> arguments on buildworld and buildkernel targets should do the trick,
> right?
> Or are there any other solutions for my problem?
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