Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 00:53:43 +0100 From: Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, Sam Pikesley <samdavidpikesley@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NVidia's FreeBSD drivers Message-ID: <200211090053.43460.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> In-Reply-To: <20021108184212.361aeaaa.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> References: <200211082314.47355.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> <20021108231943.17528.qmail@web14913.mail.yahoo.com> <20021108184212.361aeaaa.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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Word is that they work on -CURRENT too :), no need to install 4.7.=20 Arjan On Saturday 09 November 2002 00:42, Tom Rhodes 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 > > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > 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
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