From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 2 11:00:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5513106564A for ; Mon, 2 May 2011 11:00:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp5.iomartmail.com (asmtp5.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F16C8FC0A for ; Mon, 2 May 2011 11:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp5.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp5.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p429ltn5018477; Mon, 2 May 2011 10:47:55 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp5.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p429lstc018470; Mon, 2 May 2011 10:47:55 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BA93A33C3D; Mon, 2 May 2011 10:47:54 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 10:47:54 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Arthur Barlow Message-ID: <20110502094754.GA60942@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20110501120032.C345E10656FE@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="envbJBWh7q8WU6mo" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RC2 amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia problem Digest, Vol 360, Issue 10 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 11:00:06 -0000 --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 regarding that. > > > > All of the FreeBSD nVidia drivers are listed on: > > . > > > > -- > > 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--