Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:26:41 +0300 (EEST) From: Radu MOLNAR <taipan@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro> To: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> Cc: Mateusz Rajca <trainzuser@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Nvidia Drivers Message-ID: <20040415092452.H72423@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro> In-Reply-To: <407E1C90.6070606@elvandar.org> References: <20040415002952.43733.qmail@web40809.mail.yahoo.com> <407E1C90.6070606@elvandar.org>
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i've been using the nvidia drivers on riva tnt2 and geforce2 mx400 and every tiem i installed the drivers on the nvidia site. worked perfectly every time and except for the kernel options no other tweaking was required -------------------------------- Radu Molnar Babes-Bolyai Comunication Center -------------------------------- On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Remko Lodder wrote: > Mateusz Rajca wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have Nvidia Ge Force 4 MX 440. How should I install drivers for Nvidia Ge Force on > > FreeBSD 5.1 because FreeBSD won't work untill I install them? > > Hello, > > I have the same card, you can find drivers for it in the > /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver directory. > > Note that i had to copy the nvidia.ko file from that directory to > /boot/kernel myself. Perhaps i did something wrong, but when copied > manually and added to /boot/loader.conf > > (nvidia_load="YES") it works like a sunshine. > > Oh and could you do a little favor for me in return, wrap your lines at > 80 chars or something. Thanks > > Cheers > > > p.s little sidenote, FreeBSD works fine without the drivers, even VESA > mode under X works. But when working dualscreen and for getting it all > out of your card, it's better to use the driver. > > > > > Thanks > > > > Zdzislaws > > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > Remko Lodder > Elvandar.org/DSINet.org > www.mostly-harmless.nl A Dutch community for helping newcomers on the > hackerscene > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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