Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 07:48:59 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "FreeBSD as a Desktop" heh, heh.... Message-ID: <3DC91DCB.80905@centtech.com> References: <20021105172803.H5190-100000@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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Chris Dillon wrote: [snip] >>On my notebook: >>none1@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00e41028 chip=0x011210de rev=0xb2 >>hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Nvidia Corporation' >> device = 'GeForce2 MX Ultra [NV11]' >> class = display >> subclass = VGA > > > I didn't add that PCI ID for some reason. I'm not sure what it would > take to get that one to work but it might be just as easy as the rest. Ok - it should work if the others work.. It would be awesome if it "just worked" like the rest of FreeBSD.. :) >>and on my desktop: >>none1@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x87831462 chip=0x017210de rev=0xa3 >>hdr=0x00 >> vendor = 'Nvidia Corporation' >> device = 'GeForce4 MX 420 [NV17.3]' >> class = display >> subclass = VGA > > > This one is in there. If the card is not being detected at all and > the nv driver isn't even trying to drive it, then the patch is not > present for some reason. Try compiling XFree86-4 totally from a > recent ports collection. If it IS being attached to the nv driver > when you run XFree86 and it just doesn't work, then there is another > problem. It must be something else then, because XFree86 DID detect it and use the nv driver. It just never actually worked.. I did the standard --configure thing that has been working for me for other cards.. Any ideas? I'm sure I'm not the only one hitting this.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Beware the fury of a patient man. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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