At 06:49 AM 10/7/2008, Adam Jackson wrote: >On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 12:37 -0700, Paul J. White wrote: >> At 10:58 AM 10/1/2008, Adam Jackson wrote: >> >On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 07:49 -0700, Paul White wrote: >> >> If not, can anyone recommend a specific, currently available, X.org >> >> supported video card that will fit an available PCI express x16 (or PCI >> >> express x1) slot and work with my monitor? I don't need 3D graphics. >> > >> >Any given radeon or geforce. >> >> I tried this one (GeForce 8400 GS): >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121235&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- >> >> ... and the nv driver didn't work with it. Again, vesa worked, but only at >> the wrong screen resolution. > >You may have been using an older version of the nv driver, or been >hitting a bug. Without seeing your X log it's hard to say. I've >certainly driven nv cards at 1680x1050 before though. > >- ajax
I downloaded and installed a driver from the nVidia website: http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_173.14.12.html And it worked! This is the "nvidia" driver, rather than the "nv driver. Thanks for your help. -- Paul White _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
