Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:14:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Chris Dempsey <chrisdempsey@yahoo.com> Cc: Ian Fricker <ifricker@uiuc.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Geforce 2 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0010181913450.23512-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001018063743.6856.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>
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I'm not sure what u all are talking about, I have a GeForce II MX, which I am using to type this messege in X right now. 3d accel doesn't work of course, but 2D works just fine with XFree86 4.0.1 CVS. ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best NT upgrade | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Chris Dempsey wrote: > Ian, > > Join the club of nonsupported GeForce 2 users. > Currently, there are XFree86 drivers, but no FreeBSD > kernel drivers. You need both. GeForce does work > under linux, using drivers available from > www.nvidia.com. As of last week, the people at NVidia > are "getting to it, but nobody at FreeBSD will help > us." I don't know if that is true on the FreeBSD end, > but needless to say you are stuck with either the > console or using X through linux. > > It is possible that FreeBSD binaries will be available > by mid to late-November. That is the best guess they > could give. > > Chris Dempsey > > > --- Ian Fricker <ifricker@uiuc.edu> wrote: > > Hello, > > I recently installed freebsd. I have a Creative Labs > > 3D Annihilator 2 with Nvidia's GeForce 2 chipset. It > > isn't supported, and I was wondering if you knew if > > there were bsd drivers for my card and where I can > > get them. I've looked several places on the web and > > haven't been able to find any, but maybe I'm > > overlooking something. If you need any more info, > > let me know. Thanks. > > Ian > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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