Hi Darrin,
Tks for your advice.
> > Please advise will OpenBSD serve my need. TIA
>
> I do not know. I have a computer with nVidia, and it works fine using
> the generic xorg 'nv' driver. Of course, special nVidia functionality
> is
> not available. But it does work on MY particular nVidia. It will
> probably work on yours. Without more details about specific chipset
> nobody will be able to tell you everything.
Yes, you are right. Generic xorg 'nv' driver works on nVidia chipset
but depending on OS.
I'm now replying your posting on a FC6_x86_64 PC with following config;
CPU AMD Athlon64 socket 939
Mobo - ASUS A8N-VM, onboard NIC, Graphic and sound cards
Notherbridge: nVidia GeForce 6100 CPU
Southebridge: nVidia nForce 410 MCP
Vedio card - Gigabyte GV-NX66256DP2, nVidia GeForece6600 chipset
LCD Monitor - Philips Brilliance 200WP7
"nv" driver works with correct resolution displayed "1680x1050"
Ubuntu-LAMP-server_amd64 also works on this box without nVidia driver
problem.
64bit Gentoo has nVidia driver problem on this box. It needs
installing nvidia driver on nvidia.com. It seems to me depending OS.
Another box having nVidia driver problem with following config.
CPU -AMD Athlon64 X2 AM2 socket 512kx2
Mobo - ASUS M2N-E with onboard NIC and sound,
nVidia nForce 570 Ultra MCP chipset
Vedio card - ASUS EN7300GS, GeForce 7300GS GPU chipset
64bit OS, tested;
FC6 - no problem on onboard NIC and X, displaying correct resolution
1680x1050
slamd64 - no problem on onboard NIC
graphic - need nvidia driver on nvidia.com
archlinux - no problem on onboard NIC
graphic - need nvidia driver on nvidia.com
CentOS - no problem on onboard NIC
graphic need nvidia driver on nvidia.com
NetBSD - no problem on onboard NIC
no test on graphic
FreeBSD - having problem on onboard NIC
having problem on graphic
no available driver on nvidia.com
I have DragonflyBSD installer available but haven't tested it. It is
ported on FreeBSD. I have no idea on PC_BSD and Desktop_BSD. Googling
found me some info that they are striving on driver.
It may draw a preliminary conclusion that the problem of driver is
largely depending on the development of the OS.
> Since it sounds like you are stuck currently, you might just try it
> and
> find out for yourself. The basic install should only take you a few
> minutes. After that just try 'startx' and see if it works. If not,
> you're no worse off than before...
Yes, your are correct. The basic installation took me a short while.
Graphic testing took me prolonged time.
I'll copy the xorg.conf file of this box to the AMD Athlon64 X2 box and
install 'nv' driver there to see what will happen to the 64bit CentOS
which is under testing.
B.R.
Stephen Liu
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