Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
On Jul 5, 2005, at 2:19 AM, Igor Robul wrote: Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: As my xorg.conf looks just about identical, does anyone on the list have a nvidia RIVA TNT where their OpenGL works through the nv driver? If so, I would like to figure out what makes it work for you and not for me. Have you installed graphics/dri port? Somehow for some reason, I have. It must have been a dependency for some other program. In any event, attached below is a copy of my xorg.conf. If OpenGL should somewhat work with dri (which I had never heard of before this post), then I am wondering what is not configured properly (my xorg.conf has it enabling dri in the Module section). Thank you all for your help. > pkg_info | grep -i dri | grep -i OpenGL dri-6.2.1,2 OpenGL hardware acceleration drivers for the DRI > cat xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 330 240 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "DEL" ModelName"DELL D1025TM" ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC: # HorizSync30.0 - 85.0 # VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "SWcursor" # [] #Option "HWcursor" # [] #Option "NoAccel" # [] #Option "ShadowFB" # [] #Option "UseFBDev" # [] #Option "Rotate"# [] #Option "VideoKey" # #Option "FlatPanel" # [] #Option "FPDither" # [] #Option "CrtcNumber"# #Option "FPScale" # [] #Option "FPTweak" # Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV4 [RIVA TNT]" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
On Jul 3, 2005, at 11:24 PM, markzero wrote: On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 10:53:43PM -0400, Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: glxgears works for you with the nv driver? I cannot get it to work for me (I have a RIVA TNT as opposed to your RIVA TNT 2). Could you post your xorg.conf? I have the line Load "glx" in the "Module" Section. Perhaps the nv driver works much better than for the TNT 2 as opposed to the TNT? Thank you for your help and thank you to the whole list for the support and replies. $ uname -smr FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 $ X -version X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.4 i386 [ELF] Current Operating System: FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 5.4-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p2 #1: Sun Jun 12 16:17:58 BST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LOGIK006 i386 Build Date: 30 June 2005 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present $ glxgears -info GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS=4096/4096 GL_RENDERER = Mesa GLX Indirect GL_VERSION= 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.1) GL_VENDOR = Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org 858 frames in 5.0 seconds = 171.600 FPS Xorg.conf follows... --- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "x1" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 320 240 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "MAX" ModelName"be0" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "SWcursor" # [] #Option "HWcursor" # [] #Option "NoAccel" # [] #Option "ShadowFB" # [] #Option "UseFBDev" # [] #Option "Rotate"# [] #Option "VideoKey" # #Option "FlatPanel" # [] #Option "FPDither" # [] #Option "CrtcNumber"# #Option "FPScale" # [] #Option "FPTweak" # Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection As my xorg.conf looks just about identical, does anyone on the list have a nvidia RIVA TNT where their OpenGL works through the nv driver? If so, I would like to figure out what makes it work for you and not for me. --- M -- pgp: http://www.darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9dD1 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
On Jul 3, 2005, at 2:22 PM, markzero wrote: (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy (WW) drivers. Please visit (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA site and there appears no be no port for them either. I was exploring the latest nvidia driver and came across this page. http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_archive.html Isn't 7174 or 6113 the legacy driver you are after? --Alex Well, yes they are the older drivers that would work, but the above message gave me the impression that NVIDIA were going to be maintaining a seperate set of legacy drivers. Not that it really matters now, the nv driver seems to be more solid and allows me to run my monitor at the resolution I'm actually supposed to be able to run it at (the proprietary drivers had a long unfixed bug that limited my maximum resolution). I get no apparent performance decrease on glxgears either (which is about the limit of my GL usage nowadays!). glxgears works for you with the nv driver? I cannot get it to work for me (I have a RIVA TNT as opposed to your RIVA TNT 2). Could you post your xorg.conf? I have the line Load "glx" in the "Module" Section. Perhaps the nv driver works much better than for the TNT 2 as opposed to the TNT? Thank you for your help and thank you to the whole list for the support and replies. Cheers, M -- pgp: http://www.darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9dD1 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
> >(WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in > >(WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy > >(WW) drivers. Please visit > >(WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more > >(WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this > >(WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. > > > >The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA > >site and there appears no be no port for them either. > > > > I was exploring the latest nvidia driver and came across this page. > http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_archive.html > Isn't 7174 or 6113 the legacy driver you are after? > > --Alex > Well, yes they are the older drivers that would work, but the above message gave me the impression that NVIDIA were going to be maintaining a seperate set of legacy drivers. Not that it really matters now, the nv driver seems to be more solid and allows me to run my monitor at the resolution I'm actually supposed to be able to run it at (the proprietary drivers had a long unfixed bug that limited my maximum resolution). I get no apparent performance decrease on glxgears either (which is about the limit of my GL usage nowadays!). Cheers, M -- pgp: http://www.darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9dD1 pgpYT0lP8T8fv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 10:53:43PM -0400, Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: > > glxgears works for you with the nv driver? I cannot get it to work > for me (I have a RIVA TNT as opposed to your RIVA TNT 2). Could you > post your xorg.conf? I have the line Load "glx" in the "Module" > Section. Perhaps the nv driver works much better than for the TNT 2 > as opposed to the TNT? Thank you for your help and thank you to the > whole list for the support and replies. > $ uname -smr FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 $ X -version X Window System Version 6.8.2 Release Date: 9 February 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.4 i386 [ELF] Current Operating System: FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 5.4-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p2 #1: Sun Jun 12 16:17:58 BST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LOGIK006 i386 Build Date: 30 June 2005 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present $ glxgears -info GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS=4096/4096 GL_RENDERER = Mesa GLX Indirect GL_VERSION= 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.1) GL_VENDOR = Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org 858 frames in 5.0 seconds = 171.600 FPS Xorg.conf follows... --- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "x1" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" Load "freetype" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Section "Monitor" #DisplaySize 320 240 # mm Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "MAX" ModelName"be0" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "SWcursor" # [] #Option "HWcursor" # [] #Option "NoAccel" # [] #Option "ShadowFB" # [] #Option "UseFBDev" # [] #Option "Rotate"# [] #Option "VideoKey" # #Option "FlatPanel" # [] #Option "FPDither" # [] #Option "CrtcNumber"# #Option "FPScale" # [] #Option "FPTweak" # Identifier "Card0" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]" BusID "PCI:2:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection --- M -- pgp: http://www.darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9dD1 pgpqNb4tTcojp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
markzero wrote: (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy (WW) drivers. Please visit (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA site and there appears no be no port for them either. I was exploring the latest nvidia driver and came across this page. http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_archive.html Isn't 7174 or 6113 the legacy driver you are after? --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really figured out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, but then all I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software development, so I have never needed any "fancy" features. (I've never had a TNT2, but I believe it's supported). Man nv says under supported cards: RIVA TNT2 NV5 I am having the same problem with a RIVA TNT card. Changing the driver from nvidia to nv in /etc/X11/xorg.conf allows me to enter X11. This is all unfortunate, however. These binary drivers provide GLX extensions to X11 for NVIDIA cards (so I could type glxgears at the prompt and have it actually do something). I hope this site exists soon and someone makes a port for it; I enjoyed knowing that if I needed to play an OpenGL game that wasn't too hardcore, I could do it with this computer (I could actually play Quake 3 pretty well with those drivers). Well, I run the "nv" driver (on a much newer NVidia card, admittedly) and I can run glxgears and get output (160-180 FPS). My modules section of xorg.conf has Load "glx" and the Device section Driver "nv" There must be something else that the binary driver provides (or maybe it just does it better). --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
Igor Robul said; If you cvsup your ports, then you'll get support for legacy cards in nvidia-driver port. The way *I* read the makefile, legacy card support in the port isn't going to be around much longer. Or rather, only until ports support for 4.x is dropped, whenever that is. So I just deinstalled the nvidia-driver port and installed the old version from the file on nvidia's website. Probably when I do a clean install for the upgrade to 6.x, I'll just use the nv driver in xorg and forget the accelerated driver. Christopher ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
If you cvsup your ports, then you'll get support for legacy cards in nvidia-driver port. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
Anthony M. Agelastos wrote: On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:29 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: markzero wrote: Oh the joys of binary drivers. I awake from a peaceful slumber after a portupgrade to find that I suddenly no longer have X. [...] (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy (WW) drivers. Please visit (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA site and there appears no be no port for them either. Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really figured out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, but then all I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software development, so I have never needed any "fancy" features. (I've never had a TNT2, but I believe it's supported). Man nv says under supported cards: RIVA TNT2 NV5 I am having the same problem with a RIVA TNT card. Changing the driver from nvidia to nv in /etc/X11/xorg.conf allows me to enter X11. This is all unfortunate, however. These binary drivers provide GLX extensions to X11 for NVIDIA cards (so I could type glxgears at the prompt and have it actually do something). I hope this site exists soon and someone makes a port for it; I enjoyed knowing that if I needed to play an OpenGL game that wasn't too hardcore, I could do it with this computer (I could actually play Quake 3 pretty well with those drivers). As far as I understand, the *only* people who can make that driver exists again are NVidia. I suggest you contact them and ask why they removed support for your graphics card. I don't expect that they will care or do anything, but they certainly won't if you don't tell them. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
> Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really figured > out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, but then all > I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software development, so I have > never needed any "fancy" features. (I've never had a TNT2, but I > believe it's supported). > > Man nv says under supported cards: > > RIVA TNT2 NV5 > > Alternatively, can you just spring for a newer video card? (I know, > that feels like giving in, but if you don't need the latest, fanciest > thing then there should be something cheapish out there. Ge4 cards seem > to be about ?20, assuming *they* are supported by nvidia of course). > > Final alternative, downgrade your driver back to what you had. I > believe there is a "portdowngrade" but have never used it. You can tell > portugrade never to upgrade that port (see HOLD_PKGS or similar in > /etc/pkgtools.conf) and probably keep a copy of the port directory and > driver around "just in case". Thanks for the suggestions, Alex. I decided to go with the nv driver as I don't use the glx extensions any more. I decided to reinstall xorg-libraries as the nvidia drivers fiddle with them and after tweaking xorg.conf, I seem to be up and running again. Cheers, Mark -- pgp: http://www.darklogik.org/pub/pgp/pgp.txt B776 43DC 8A5D EAF9 2126 9A67 A7DA 390F DEFF 9dD1 pgpZIPeoZNNYk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:29 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: markzero wrote: Oh the joys of binary drivers. I awake from a peaceful slumber after a portupgrade to find that I suddenly no longer have X. The playful and exciting words dance across my colourless and tormented screen: (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy (WW) drivers. Please visit (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA site and there appears no be no port for them either. Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really figured out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, but then all I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software development, so I have never needed any "fancy" features. (I've never had a TNT2, but I believe it's supported). Man nv says under supported cards: RIVA TNT2 NV5 I am having the same problem with a RIVA TNT card. Changing the driver from nvidia to nv in /etc/X11/xorg.conf allows me to enter X11. This is all unfortunate, however. These binary drivers provide GLX extensions to X11 for NVIDIA cards (so I could type glxgears at the prompt and have it actually do something). I hope this site exists soon and someone makes a port for it; I enjoyed knowing that if I needed to play an OpenGL game that wasn't too hardcore, I could do it with this computer (I could actually play Quake 3 pretty well with those drivers). Alternatively, can you just spring for a newer video card? (I know, that feels like giving in, but if you don't need the latest, fanciest thing then there should be something cheapish out there. Ge4 cards seem to be about £20, assuming *they* are supported by nvidia of course). Final alternative, downgrade your driver back to what you had. I believe there is a "portdowngrade" but have never used it. You can tell portugrade never to upgrade that port (see HOLD_PKGS or similar in /etc/pkgtools.conf) and probably keep a copy of the port directory and driver around "just in case". --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
On Jun 30, 2005, at 5:29 AM, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: markzero wrote: Oh the joys of binary drivers. I awake from a peaceful slumber after a portupgrade to find that I suddenly no longer have X. The playful and exciting words dance across my colourless and tormented screen: (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy (WW) drivers. Please visit (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA site and there appears no be no port for them either. Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really figured out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, but then all I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software development, so I have never needed any "fancy" features. (I've never had a TNT2, but I believe it's supported). Man nv says under supported cards: RIVA TNT2 NV5 I am having the same problem with a RIVA TNT card. Changing the driver from nvidia to nv in /etc/X11/xorg.conf allows me to enter X11. This is all unfortunate, however. These binary drivers provide GLX extensions to X11 for NVIDIA cards (so I could type glxgears at the prompt and have it actually do something). I hope this site exists soon and someone makes a port for it; I enjoyed knowing that if I needed to play an OpenGL game that wasn't too hardcore, I could do it with this computer (I could actually play Quake 3 pretty well with those drivers). Alternatively, can you just spring for a newer video card? (I know, that feels like giving in, but if you don't need the latest, fanciest thing then there should be something cheapish out there. Ge4 cards seem to be about £20, assuming *they* are supported by nvidia of course). Final alternative, downgrade your driver back to what you had. I believe there is a "portdowngrade" but have never used it. You can tell portugrade never to upgrade that port (see HOLD_PKGS or similar in /etc/pkgtools.conf) and probably keep a copy of the port directory and driver around "just in case". --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: NVIDIA TNT2 woes
markzero wrote: Oh the joys of binary drivers. I awake from a peaceful slumber after a portupgrade to find that I suddenly no longer have X. The playful and exciting words dance across my colourless and tormented screen: (WW) The NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro GPU installed in (WW) this system is supported through the NVIDIA Legacy (WW) drivers. Please visit (WW) http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more (WW) information. The 1.0-7667 NVIDIA driver will ignore this (WW) GPU. Continuing probe... (EE) No devices detected. The NVIDIA Legacy drivers magically fail to exist on the NVIDIA site and there appears no be no port for them either. Can you use the x.org "nv" driver instead? I've never really figured out what the binary driver buys you over the standard one, but then all I do is run X with fvwm2, mainly for software development, so I have never needed any "fancy" features. (I've never had a TNT2, but I believe it's supported). Man nv says under supported cards: RIVA TNT2 NV5 Alternatively, can you just spring for a newer video card? (I know, that feels like giving in, but if you don't need the latest, fanciest thing then there should be something cheapish out there. Ge4 cards seem to be about £20, assuming *they* are supported by nvidia of course). Final alternative, downgrade your driver back to what you had. I believe there is a "portdowngrade" but have never used it. You can tell portugrade never to upgrade that port (see HOLD_PKGS or similar in /etc/pkgtools.conf) and probably keep a copy of the port directory and driver around "just in case". --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
