Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:23:49 +0100 From: "zerohero" <zerohero@dreadnaught.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: X Windows with a Geforce? And using my DSL connection? Message-ID: <000c01c09468$8bd251a0$6401a8c0@zerohero>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C09470.ECFFA9C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable First of all, I'm wondering about using X Windows with FreeBSD on my = computer with a Geforce 256-based video card. I know I need one of the = X4 versions, but since I haven't had any luck in getting my DSL modem to = work under FreeBSD, the first thing I need to deal with is my = connectivity problem. I am running FreeBSD dual-boot with Windows ME... = I've got a Netgear FA310TX 10/100 NIC and am using a Linksys router with = firmware that runs PPPoE for my DSL modem. So I'm guessing all I need = to do is get my NIC running under FreeBSD. Does anyone know where I can = find some good tutorials for installing a NIC under FreeBSD, any = specific drivers for my NIC, and additional information on networking = between Windows and *NIX systems so I can try to use the printer on = another Windows machine on my LAN? ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C09470.ECFFA9C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>First of all, I'm wondering about using X Windows = with FreeBSD=20 on my computer with a Geforce 256-based video card. I know I need = one of=20 the X4 versions, but since I haven't had any luck in getting my DSL = modem to=20 work under FreeBSD, the first thing I need to deal with is my = connectivity=20 problem. I am running FreeBSD dual-boot with Windows ME... I've = got a=20 Netgear FA310TX 10/100 NIC and am using a Linksys router with firmware = that runs=20 PPPoE for my DSL modem. So I'm guessing all I need to do is get my = NIC=20 running under FreeBSD. Does anyone know where I can find some good = tutorials for installing a NIC under FreeBSD, any specific drivers for = my=20 NIC, and additional information on networking between Windows and = *NIX=20 systems so I can try to use the printer on another Windows machine on my = LAN?</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C09470.ECFFA9C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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