From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 21 15:21:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB9E106566C for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:21:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from usleepless@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A238FC12 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so4355233bwz.3 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:21:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=rswNCr2/nNyshj+3DjHFDhV4HK7HSRwlO0zLSVRPlKU=; b=M4jac0If4Tdpg9Fkw1QgIbNo7s1OZ1IA6Z7ax99SMb2wNFHB0sgb3kjTjYa+OkmEGn W8JifwY2BG35UENAEBKRZD/XWXa7eYIIZi3a85hjr7dK6PPsJ3pDcLZiu2teYVVWXev/ XZvjQTHvYhMXK8zr1xVsD3f20p5l3yVvLVekc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=DRG65mYJlhPNiuotSdXuYCOno45Mi60+LTP9Kr5bu3MpZSNnb2tYk1aYmPI140dYus dhog5IhmINpq3xmWDBNaDYLFoA2dE/U3WDtubsWSFsZIxZ0vZ8l+ChxAAwVPBZt7eBsB JduXorGPfsTQz+0Y7sjUtpVKrO+EyWdv8MxM0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.153.3 with SMTP id i3mr2728723bkw.26.1258816871078; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:21:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <19208.397.260679.116124@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20091120114657.GA22584@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091120181629.3e1a3aee.dcdowse@gmx.net> <20091121112802.GA70284@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <19207.62436.23817.593443@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <19208.397.260679.116124@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:21:11 +0100 Message-ID: From: usleepless@gmail.com To: Robert Huff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Daniel C. Dowse" Subject: Re: GPUs on FBSD? 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: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:21:14 -0000 On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > usleepless@gmail.com writes: > > > as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved > > drivers for FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid ) > > And see this from the Makefile: > > # Starting with version 1.0-7667, NVidia has dropped support for > # numerous "legacy" GPUs. Consult NVidia README (the Appendix) to > # find out whether you need to use legacy driver version and install > # one of corresponding `x11/nvidia-driver-71', > # `x11/nvidia-driver-96', or `x11/nvidia-driver-173' slave ports. > > are you trying to be right afterall? regards, usleep > > > Robert Huff > >