On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 13:08 +0100, Michal Varga wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Roman Divacky <rdivacky_at_freebsd.org> wrote: > > from my experience the nvidia driver does not work at all.. it used to work > > in 6.x times with linuxulator but recently all I got from it was panic > > or deadlock (depending on weather) > > > Doesn't work at all.. when? I guess you meant that "linux OpenGL > portion of nvidia-driver doesn't work with > compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16", because otherwise the statement > doesn't make any sense. nvidia-drivers work perfectly well with > compat.linux.osrelease=2.4.2 (maybe not with some very recent > -CURRENT, haven't been checking for a while, but that's not the point > anyway) and actually are the only way to get any serious 3d gaming > done on FreeBSD, and I'm not even starting with OpenGL apps like > Blender (ATI users know what I'm pointing to). > > This is a clear bug in 2.6 linuxulator - the OpenGL works properly in > Linux 2.4/2.6 (well, that's kinda expected), it works properly in 2.4 > linuxulator, it breaks with 2.6 linuxulator. I think it's hard to call > that "nvidia driver doesn't work at all", but maybe I just missed the > point somewhere and earned a *whoosh*.. > > > > there's an ongoing work on nouveau, so stay tuned :) > > > Yes, that will take many years to complete, or at least, produce a > rotating cube or maybe, maybe run glxgears in around 2012. I'll take that bet... I have 2d and Xv running now. robert. > m. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland <rnoland_at_FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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