Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 10:47:54 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia problem Digest, Vol 360, Issue 10 Message-ID: <20110502094754.GA60942@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=sZ3bwOAMU5Lt70nrbuqkq9SEHZA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110501120032.C345E10656FE@hub.freebsd.org> <BANLkTi=sZ3bwOAMU5Lt70nrbuqkq9SEHZA@mail.gmail.com>
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--envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 10:01:46AM -0700, Arthur Barlow wrote: > > >> Does anyone know if this will ever be supported for FreeBSD 8.x? =A0I > >> tried both the version in ports as well as the one directly from > >> NVIDIA. =A0No joy. =A0Does anyone know of other possibilities? > > > > You might try putting the port's name in question into the body of > > your post. Anyway, is there a specific reason that you cannot use the > > latest version in the posts system, "nvidia-driver-256.53_1"? I believe > > that nVidia released a newer version last year, 270.41.06, > > but it is apparently not available in the ports system. You might want > > to check with <danfe@FreeBSD.org> regarding that. > > > > All of the FreeBSD nVidia drivers are listed on: > > <http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html>. > > > > -- > > Jerry ??? > > jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net >=20 > Sorry. I should have mentioned that I'm using a GeForce FX 5200 card. > Because of it's "age", NVIDIA says that it need the the > "nvidia-driver-173...", but NVIDIA also says they do not have a > version that works for FreeBSD 8.x. I was hoping someone in the > FreeBSD community might have ported it. Unfortunately, I'm no video > card hacker. Arthur, I have a similar card to you and I have used: x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau I don't think it does all the 3D stuff but otherwise it works well. Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2+fckACgkQHduKvUAgeK6N4wCffMDbk9+BHByYcdGkQxtYFPIJ bHcAnA2ezcMHj4iRwphLB7EFJ4jJixqO =mhDa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo--
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