Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 02:50:19 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: Ward Willats <freebsd-questions@wardco.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 + nvidia GeForce 6600 GT + amd64 Message-ID: <20050228105019.GF1672@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <p06210206be4841e5aefb@[192.168.23.2]> References: <p06210206be4841e5aefb@[192.168.23.2]>
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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 07:58:59PM -0800, Ward Willats wrote: > Hello Everyone. > > I just bought me a spiffy new amd64 box with an nvidia GeForce 6600 > card. I am running Freebsd 5.3/amd64 and xorg. > > Though I love the games, my most important need for this machine is > to do software development -- so I don't need the 3D stuff at all > right now. > > I tried the OSS nvidia driver -- it didn't detect the screen. > > The "nvidia-driver" port does not work on amd64 (I think I remember > it complaining...) > > The nvidia site has 64 bit binaries for Linux, but if there is a > magic way to "wrap" them for use in FreeBSD I don't know what it is. > > Anyway, the Vesa driver would be good enough for my needs, and > indeed, it easily drives the card to various resolutions, but all the > built-in modes are with a 60hz refresh rate and the flicker drives me > nuts. You could try using xrandr to change the refresh rate. The other option might be to modify the monitor section in ur xorg.conf file with VertRefresh, I believe, to set a refresh range starting just above 60hz. > > Guess I can concoct a custom modeline to raise the refresh rate with > the vesa driver, but that seems like a pretty primitive way to go > here in THE FUTURE. So thought I'd ask if you folks had any > suggestions. > > Thanks, > > -- Ward > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C
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