Help troubleshoot the nvidia driver and x display problem

Hello, I need some help to troubleshoot why the X doesn't come up after installing the latest nvidia driver from the port tree. I have no X display problem prior to replacing the generic vga driver with the new nvidia driver. I installed the driver via the ports tree, added a line to turn of

Re: Status of java support in FreeBSD 5.x release?

-- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rain cip wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >Does anyone know the status of java support in > FreeBSD > >5.x release? Their website says there is a binary > >compatibility issue in 5.x but doesn't give further >

Status of java support in FreeBSD 5.x release?

Hello, Does anyone know the status of java support in FreeBSD 5.x release? Their website says there is a binary compatibility issue in 5.x but doesn't give further detail on what the issue is. Has anyone had any success using linux port of java in the 5.3 release? Thanks. rain

How to configure gcc in FreeBSD 5.3

Hello, Is there a way to configure gcc post installation of the 5.3 release? I am thinking to leverage the -cputype flag used by the compiler. BTW, is there any noticeable performance gain by using the cputype flag with gcc? My processor is athlon-xp. Thanks. rain --

Re: question on portupgrade and FreeBSD branches

I see. Thanks, Erik. It now makes a lot more sense to me why the ports collection is there in the first place. rain Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 11:09:04AM -0800, rain cip wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to the FreeBSD ports collection syste

question on portupgrade and FreeBSD branches

Hello, I am new to the FreeBSD ports collection system and am having some difficulty understanding how the ports collection works with the FreeBSD branches. After having perused the ports collection doc on the FreeBSD website, I got the impression that it is the FreeBSD branch tag that determ

Re: How to boot FreeBSD from a slave IDE disk

Thanks, Joshua. This appears to be the easiest way to add multiple OSs. I installed gag and added another Linux OS parition in no time. Great tool! rain Joshua Lokken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:26:38 -0800 (PST), rain cip wrote: > Hello, > > I hope

How to boot FreeBSD from a slave IDE disk

Hello, I hope I can get some help from this list to figure out how to boot FreeBSD from a slave drive. My PC has two disks. The sysinstall sees both: ad0 and ad3. My hardware configuration is such: ad0 -- primary IDE, master (all for Win2k) ad3 -- secondary IDE, slave (all for FreeBSD 5.