Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:50:01 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Sam=20Pikesley?= <samdavidpikesley@yahoo.co.uk> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: avleeuwen@piwebs.com, advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NVidia's FreeBSD drivers Message-ID: <20021108235001.88685.qmail@web14907.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20021108184212.361aeaaa.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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Hey, I didn't mean to slate this stuff at all, I wholeheartedly applaud nVidia's efforts, it's just that my desktop suddenly started failing in new and unexpected ways when xscreensaver kicked in... --- Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Many people also need to take the fact that several > 'generic' cards > often have the Nvidia chip on them. So these > drivers may not work > in all situations, it is something we need to take > into account. > > So far i've heard 2 good and 1 semi-negative. > Perhaps sometime this > week I'll throw an Nvidia card into a machine and > intall 4.7 && > the drivers. > > In the meantime, I'll most likely put a 'news flash' > Nvidia releases > FreeBSD drivers for their video chipsets/cards. > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:19:43 +0000 (GMT) > Sam Pikesley <samdavidpikesley@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > I spent much of this afternoon installing and > > configuring these drivers. Be warned: they are > VERY > > beta... > > > > --- Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > nVidia released their closed-source, 3D > accelerated > > > FreeBSD drivers for all > > > GeForce chips yesterday (see www.nvidia.com). > Isn't > > > there something we can do > > > with this? Should I contact nVidia's PR > department? > > > > > > Arjan > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body > of > > > the message > > > > ===== > > Every time I hear the words 'Public Private > Partnership', my thoughts > > are inexorably drawn to Ladbroke Grove, Hatfield > and Potters Bar... > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of > the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of > the message ===== Every time I hear the words 'Public Private Partnership', my thoughts are inexorably drawn to Ladbroke Grove, Hatfield and Potters Bar... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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