On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Robert Huff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [email protected] writes: > > > The talk/announcement on the Nvidia forum is about a native video > > driver for amd64 i believe. A lot of people are waiting for this > > ( currently there is only Nvidia support for i386 ). > > I do not believe this is correct. _As I understand it_ there > are (currently) two options: > > 1) "nv" driver; written by nVidia, but does not support > recent (last N generations) cards, works only for i386, > and does not support 100% of 3d functions. Breakage > fixed, but no new features added. > 2) "noveau" driver; written by third parties, works for i386 > and amd64 (maybe for others). For what works, see the > (hopefully outdated) web page. > > Under development: > > 3) "????"; written (and maintained/improved) by nVidia, words > for i386 and amd64, supports all cards, supports all > functionality. ETA not announced; no public testing yet. > > If anyone knows better, please correct this. > > as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved drivers for FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid ) and for example: %kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 8 0xc0400000 5ec918 kernel 2 1 0xc09ed000 753c90 nvidia.ko 3 1 0xc497c000 e000 fuse.ko 4 1 0xc4b64000 2000 rtc.ko The announcement may be about a unified driver, i don't know about that. 3. "nvidia". have X use the Nvidia supplied driver. Works for me? xorg.conf: Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "true" Option "TwinView" "True" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-80" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-76" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf" Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024" Option "DamageEvents" "True" EndSection Is this not what you meant? regards, usleep > Robert Huff > > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
