On Wed, 5 May 2004 11:28:57 +0200 Dimitry Andric <dimitry_at_andric.com> wrote: > On 2004-05-05 at 10:26:32 Johan Pettersson wrote: > > >> You can use the binary only driver if you have an IA-32 system (ie > >in> /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver). I have.. > >> nvidia0: <GeForce FX Go5200> mem > > > That driver hasn't worked for me since 5.1-RELEASE. I have tried > > various ways to get it to work. FreeBSD locks up when starting X. > > The problem is that NVidia hasn't updated its binary-only FreeBSD > driver since July 1st, 2003. Any cards released after this date will > not work properly, or at all, with this driver. So please go bug > NVidia. :) > > But, see also this thread: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-threads/2003-June/000530.html > > which might explain why it takes forever for new drivers to arrive. :( > Yes, read that. I have a Geforce2 so the drivers should have good support for this.Received on Wed May 05 2004 - 01:06:29 UTC
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