Re: FreeBSD 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200

2010-03-29 Thread Tim Gustafson
Did you try xrandr? It should report multiple heads (run the command without arguments). You can then enable the second monitor using something like: xrandr --output DVI1 --auto xrandr only saw one head. *sigh* I just ordered a more modern nVidia card that is supported by the current

Re: FreeBSD 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200

2010-03-25 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Thursday 25 March 2010 04:14:09 Tim Gustafson wrote: My workstation runs FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE amd64. I have Xorg 1.6.5 and an nVidia GeForce 5200 dual head video card. Currently the first head of the card is operating well using the nv driver. I tried to compile the nvidia-driver port,

Re: FreeBSD 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200

2010-03-25 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Thursday 25 March 2010 04:14:09 Tim Gustafson wrote: 1. Is there any way to get the nvidia-driver-173 port to work with my amd64 OS? I'm afraid it's not possible. 2. Is there any way to get the second head of the 5200 video card to work using the nv driver? I tried adding a second

FreeBSD 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200

2010-03-24 Thread Tim Gustafson
Hi, My workstation runs FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE amd64. I have Xorg 1.6.5 and an nVidia GeForce 5200 dual head video card. Currently the first head of the card is operating well using the nv driver. I tried to compile the nvidia-driver port, but it tells me that I need nvidia-driver-173 because