Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 04:40:45 -0500 From: Nick Slager <zith@zith.net> To: Adam Bender <abender@andrew.cmu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing nVidia drivers Message-ID: <20020929044045.A13792@zith.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44L-027.0209290230120.21058-100000@unix3.andrew.cmu.edu>; from abender@andrew.cmu.edu on Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 02:33:31AM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.4.44L-027.0209290230120.21058-100000@unix3.andrew.cmu.edu>
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Thus spake Adam Bender (abender@andrew.cmu.edu): > I'd like to install drivers for 3D acceleartion and such for my nVidia > GForce 2 card. I've read several sites that point me in different places > for the drivers themselves, and nVidia's site has "Linux displayer > drivers", "graphics drivers", and "platform drivers". Exactly what > software do I need? How do I install it? Are there any sites that have > correct information about doing it in FreeBSD and not Linux? I'm running > FreeBSD 4.6.2 and XFree86 4.2. You need native FreeBSD drivers for your nvidia card. Official nvidia drivers do not exist. Several attempts have resulted in beta quality drivers at various stages, although 3D and GLX are not in the feature list. See http://nvidia.netexplorer.org/ Nick -- "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty." -- Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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