Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:03:41 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "FreeBSD as a Desktop" heh, heh.... Message-ID: <20021101165242.B46031-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <3DC2F699.8050904@centtech.com>
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Eric Anderson wrote: > I use FreeBSD as my desktop OS on my notebook and my desktop > workstation. I have nvidia cards in both - which I wouldn't suggest > for a "simple" xwindows install, since the nv drivers don't work > with the newer cards. I had to use the linux ones. The newest NVidia cards work fine with FreeBSD's XFree86 port. I created a patchset for XFree86 that added support for the newest cards to the nv driver which was added to the XFree86 port on August 5. You have to either build XFree86 from the ports, or use FreeBSD.org-built binaries made after that date. The XFree86.org-built binaries will not have any improvements incorporated in them after the day that particular version of XFree86 was released. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, ARM, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org No trees were harmed in the composition of this message, although some electrons were mildly inconvenienced. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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