Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:14:06 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Driver for nVidia Geforce 6150LE Message-ID: <20090606101406.3161ca29@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906061508480.91513@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20090606085158.383a477b@scorpio> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906061508480.91513@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--Sig_/jBDxL6..6W.Z+IyX=+ctv_T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 15:09:15 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >> nVidea driver should I install? From what I understood, nVidia >> was not producing 64 bit drivers for FreeBSD due to a problem with >> the FreeBSD kernel. There are none listed on the nVidea site either. > >problem with FreeBSD kernel? what FreeBSD/amd64 kernel can't that i386 >one can? Your response is of no use since it does not apply to the question. If you need further information regarding incompatibilities between nVidia 64 bit drivers and 64 bit FreeBSD, Google for it. There was even a lengthy discussion on this topic on this very forum awhile ago. It would be nice if this incompatibility issue could be resolved by FreeBSD-8 since it apparently is not going to be resolved in the present 7.x branch. Personally, with more and more PCs being sold with 64 bit architecture, and nVidea being a major player in the video card market, FreeBSD's inability to support nVidia 64 bit drivers is seriously detrimental to the overall usefullness of the OS and certainly will not help it capture a larger share of the market. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Bare feet magnetize sharp metal objects so they point upward from the floor -- especially in the dark. --Sig_/jBDxL6..6W.Z+IyX=+ctv_T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoqea4ACgkQBvaKIJWWCO0WggCfcKTaa57CijC248VqLjoKz7ai VL8AnRvZzA+C279uVMS/bPZ7vDPiVqMo =spBr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/jBDxL6..6W.Z+IyX=+ctv_T--
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