From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 23:32:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34991065743 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:32:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830A38FC1A for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:32:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KCI00C6IC2EDSE0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:32:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work2.kg4.no ([80.203.109.110]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0KCI00CEXC2EEG00@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:32:38 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:32:37 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-id: <20081227003237.b719d42b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Xorg and nVidia GeForce 8200 (MCP78S) - a better driver than vesa? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:32:39 -0000 Hello, My new machine[1] has a nVidia GeForce 8200 (aka MCP78S) chipset. I run FreeBSD / amd64 RELENG_7 on it: root@kg-v2# uname -a FreeBSD kg-v2.kg4.no 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Thu Dec 25 15:51:46 CET 2008 root@kg-v2.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 It doesn't look like the GPU in this machine is supported by the nv driver (yet). And because I run FreeBSD / amd64, I can't use the nvidia driver, right? Currently I am using the vesa driver, which works. Do anyone know of a way to get a better Xorg driver working? References: 1) http://tingox.googlepages.com/asus_v2-m3n8200 -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway