Re: Bill Paul's network drivers
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:28:39 -0300, Michel Behr michelb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm considering learning how to build drivers, so I can make my Lenovo S400 wireless card get detected by FreeBSD. The Architecture Handbook cites these Bill Paul's network drivers. 9.5 Network Drivers: Drivers for network devices do not use device nodes in order to be accessed. Their selection is based on other decisions made inside the kernel and instead of calling open(), use of a network device is generally introduced by using the system call socket(2). For more information see ifnet(9), the source of the loopback device, and Bill Paul's network drivers. Where can I find those Bill Paul's network drivers? All network drivers are part of the kernel sources. You should have them in your /usr/src/sys directory. Having said that, the networking stack is a large piece of software, with many parts and interactions between them. If you are planning to get into that sort of development, you should probably consider reading a _book_ about how things work. Two excellent books about drivers and networking are: FreeBSD Device Drivers by Joseph Kong (Stark Press) The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System by Marshall Kirk Mc Kusick George V. Neville-Neil (Addison-Wesley) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Bill Paul's network drivers
Hi I'm considering learning how to build drivers, so I can make my Lenovo S400 wireless card get detected by FreeBSD. The Architecture Handbook cites these Bill Paul's network drivers. 9.5 Network Drivers: Drivers for network devices do not use device nodes in order to be accessed. Their selection is based on other decisions made inside the kernel and instead of calling open(), use of a network device is generally introduced by using the system call socket(2). For more information see ifnet(9), the source of the loopback device, and Bill Paul's network drivers. Where can I find those Bill Paul's network drivers? Cheers, Michel. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Bill Paul's network drivers
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013, Michel Behr wrote:
Hi
I'm considering learning how to build drivers, so I can make my Lenovo S400
wireless card get detected by FreeBSD.
The Architecture Handbook cites these Bill Paul's network drivers.
9.5 Network Drivers: Drivers for network devices do not use device nodes in
order to be accessed. Their selection is based on other decisions made
inside the kernel and instead of calling open(), use of a network device is
generally introduced by using the system call socket(2).
For more information see ifnet(9), the source of the loopback device, and
Bill Paul's network drivers.
Where can I find those Bill Paul's network drivers?
In the source tree, mostly:
find /usr/src -path */sys/dev/* -exec grep -l Bill Paul {} \+
Joseph Kong's book FreeBSD Device Drivers will likely be useful, too:
http://nostarch.com/bsddrivers.htm
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drivers for BMC43142 and/or AR8162 chips
Hi, I've installed pc-bsd 9.1 and FreeBSD 9.1 on my new laptop ASUS X201E, which was originally running ubuntu, after a little struggle to get it booting I am up and running although I have no network access whatsoever as the Ethernet device is Atheros AR8162 and the wifi is hybrid (wifi/bluetooth) Broadcom's BMC43142. After looking around I'm not sure if there are any bsd drivers available or any other way to get it running, at least one of them, preferably the wifi as I can live without wired connection. I've been thinking about going the ndisgen way but there are no winXP drivers for these chips. Does ndisgen support ndis 6.2, can I use win7 drivers? Any ideas what to try or even just a general approach what way to go. Thanks. vw. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: LSI 2008 drivers
Alltek Supplies Tech Support/Customer Service wrote (2012/11/19): Good afternoon, We're looking to build a ZFS storage device with FreeBSD version 8.3, however, the Supermicro based hardware comes with LSI 2008 SAS controller card and we were told that LSI / Supermicro doesn't have a driver for FreeBSD. We're just wondering if the LSI 2008 is supported under FreeBSD version 8.3? Hello, yes, look at mps(4) driver. -- Rudolf Cejka cejkar at fit.vutbr.cz http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~cejkar Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technology Bozetechova 2, 612 66 Brno, Czech Republic ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
LSI 2008 drivers
Good afternoon, We're looking to build a ZFS storage device with FreeBSD version 8.3, however, the Supermicro based hardware comes with LSI 2008 SAS controller card and we were told that LSI / Supermicro doesn't have a driver for FreeBSD. We're just wondering if the LSI 2008 is supported under FreeBSD version 8.3? Please advise. Thanks. Philip Alltek Supplies, Inc. Phone: (714)482-0770 www.allteksupplies.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: LSI 2008 drivers
On Mon, 2012-11-19 at 16:41 -0800, Alltek Supplies Tech Support/Customer Service wrote: Good afternoon, We're looking to build a ZFS storage device with FreeBSD version 8.3, however, the Supermicro based hardware comes with LSI 2008 SAS controller card and we were told that LSI / Supermicro doesn't have a driver for FreeBSD. We're just wondering if the LSI 2008 is supported under FreeBSD version 8.3? The on-board LSI2008 chips on Supermicro boards work fine with 8.3. That said, I did update mine with the BIOS+firmware from LSI. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Installing fusefs-ntfs and nvidia-drivers fails
Hi All,
I am new to FreeBSD, and I am having an issue installing fusefs-ntfs and
nvidia-driver. The error messages are shown below. Any idea what's
going on here? Thanks in advance.
=== Installing for fusefs-ntfs-2012.1.15
=== fusefs-ntfs-2012.1.15 depends on file: /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko
- not found
===Verifying install for /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko in
/usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-kmod
=== Building for fusefs-kmod-0.3.9.p1.20080208_11
=== fuse_module (all)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 112: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} != clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 116: if-less endif
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 18: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 33: if-less endif
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 103: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 109: if-less endif
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
== Building for nvidia-driver-304.60
=== src (all)
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 112: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE}
!= clang)
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 116: if-less endif
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 18: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE} ==
clang)
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 33: if-less endif
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 103: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE}
== clang)
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 109: if-less endif
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
-Neil Stewart
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Re: Installing fusefs-ntfs and nvidia-drivers fails
On 11/08/12 13:30, Neil M. Stewart wrote:
Hi All,
I am new to FreeBSD, and I am having an issue installing fusefs-ntfs and
nvidia-driver. The error messages are shown below. Any idea what's
going on here? Thanks in advance.
=== Installing for fusefs-ntfs-2012.1.15
=== fusefs-ntfs-2012.1.15 depends on file: /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko
- not found
===Verifying install for /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko in
/usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-kmod
=== Building for fusefs-kmod-0.3.9.p1.20080208_11
=== fuse_module (all)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 112: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} != clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 116: if-less endif
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 18: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 33: if-less endif
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 103: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 109: if-less endif
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
== Building for nvidia-driver-304.60
=== src (all)
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 112: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE}
!= clang)
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 116: if-less endif
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 18: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE} ==
clang)
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 33: if-less endif
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 103: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE}
== clang)
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 109: if-less endif
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
In both cases you've got the message
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
(or equivalent as /sys - usr/src)
I've looked at my version of the file (under REL-9.0) and there's no
mention of bsd.compiler.mk (or ${COMPILER_TYPE}). Please show us what
you get if you type uname -a so we know what you've installed.
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Re: Installing fusefs-ntfs and nvidia-drivers fails
Hi Arthur,
Thanks for your response. The installation works now. It turns out that
I was working with the wrong version of the source tree.
Regards,
Neil Stewart
On 11/8/12 11:33 AM, Arthur Chance wrote:
On 11/08/12 13:30, Neil M. Stewart wrote:
Hi All,
I am new to FreeBSD, and I am having an issue installing fusefs-ntfs and
nvidia-driver. The error messages are shown below. Any idea what's
going on here? Thanks in advance.
=== Installing for fusefs-ntfs-2012.1.15
=== fusefs-ntfs-2012.1.15 depends on file: /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko
- not found
===Verifying install for /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko in
/usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-kmod
=== Building for fusefs-kmod-0.3.9.p1.20080208_11
=== fuse_module (all)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 112: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} != clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 116: if-less endif
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 18: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 33: if-less endif
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 103: Malformed conditional
(${COMPILER_TYPE} == clang)
/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 109: if-less endif
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
== Building for nvidia-driver-304.60
=== src (all)
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 112: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE}
!= clang)
/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 116: if-less endif
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 18: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE} ==
clang)
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 33: if-less endif
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 103: Malformed conditional (${COMPILER_TYPE}
== clang)
/sys/conf/kern.mk, line 109: if-less endif
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
In both cases you've got the message
/usr/src/sys/conf/kmod.mk, line 76: Could not find bsd.compiler.mk
(or equivalent as /sys - usr/src)
I've looked at my version of the file (under REL-9.0) and there's no
mention of bsd.compiler.mk (or ${COMPILER_TYPE}). Please show us what
you get if you type uname -a so we know what you've installed.
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Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:43:34 -0700 Waitman Gobble articulated: On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed between the usb stick and the network AP. These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for n standard yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work with the bwi driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? According to this page: http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE2500 the AE2500, which was first released about one year ago, uses the BCM4323 chipset. I do not see support for this chipset listed in http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/bwn/ or http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/ If you want a USB dongle that works with FreeBSD I recommend finding one with an RALINK chipset, these seem to be well supported (however I have not tried it with version 8). AFAIK 'wireless n' is not supported w/ the RALINK driver (usb is rum driver at http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_rum.c?revision=234063view=markup). Older D-Link dongles use RALINK chipsets, but it seems that newer ones use the BC chipsets and are not supported. You should be able to chose from a selection of RALINK based devices on ebay for around $10 US. If you want to connect to 'wireless n' I recommend finding a device with an Atheros chipset (however I do not believe there is presently a driver for Atheros based USB dongles, there is one in the OpenBSD source which could be ported.) One thing to note, you may need to run FreeBSD 9 or 10.0-CURRENT to use the newer Atheros drivers. Welcome to the wonderful world of wireless support in FreeBSD. Rather that wasting your time hoping in vain that FreeBSD will actually provide suitable drivers for high grade wireless devices, might I suggest the following. 1) Install a good quality NIC card -- obviously one supported by FreeBSD. 2) Connect that card to a suitable wireless N router. I use the Linksys E4200 with excellent results. You will now be able to use all of your wireless devices, such as printer or connect to other wireless networked PCs. I might add, whenever possible, keep FreeBSD and USB devices as far away from each other as possible. DO NOT attempt to connect a router via USB to FreeBSD. Connect it via cable. Otherwise, you are just look for trouble and pain. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
El día Sunday, September 23, 2012 a las 07:39:19AM -0400, Jerry escribió: Waitman Gobble articulated: On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed ... Welcome to the wonderful world of wireless support in FreeBSD. Rather that wasting your time hoping in vain that FreeBSD will actually provide suitable drivers for high grade wireless devices, might I suggest the following A few remarks: I have USB UMTS dongle and sticks which work fine with FreeBSD. The OP, as he says, has an USB wifi stick which works fine too with FreeBSD and only wanted (for whatever important reason) a new n one. He bought it without checking the man pages before, not even after having problems he checked the man pages by his own to see if the chip is supported or not. I someone, including me, wants to have better or more recent drivers, he should help in development or testing. HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org E-mail: g...@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:11:42 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: I have USB UMTS dongle and sticks which work fine with FreeBSD. The OP, as he says, has an USB wifi stick which works fine too with FreeBSD and only wanted (for whatever important reason) a new n one. Speed and transmitting distance would be two factors that come readily to mind. I love the fact that I can take my laptop out to my hammock which is situated near the back of my lawn and still be able to send a document to my printer without having to relocate or set up repeaters. Or, for that matter, stream a movie to watch. He bought it without checking the man pages before, not even after having problems he checked the man pages by his own to see if the chip is supported or not. The problem is that he actually HAS to check to see if the device is supported. I someone, including me, wants to have better or more recent drivers, he should help in development or testing. Either use an OS that fully supports the device, or find a suitable work around, such as the one I described, to circumvent the OS's short comings. I have suggested before and offered to contribute to a fund to be used to hire competent coders to write fully compatible drivers for devices used on FreeBSD. As usual, as soon as I mentioned monetary contributions from prospective users the idea was met with total disdain. Interestingly enough, it would appear that other OSs are doing it with positive results. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
wifi drivers support for n standard
I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed between the usb stick and the network AP. These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for n standard yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work with the bwi driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: wifi drivers support for n standard
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Fbsd8 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: I have 3 usb wifi sticks. One supports b/g standard only and it configures with no problems. The other 2 support the n standard for faster connection speed between the usb stick and the network AP. These 2 usb wifi sticks do not configure no mater what I do. Thinking the Freebsd wifi drivers have not been updated for n standard yet. My Cisco Linksys AE2500 USB wifi stick does not work with the bwi driver. Has any body gotten this device to work? __**_ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**questionshttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-** unsubscr...@freebsd.org freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Hi, According to this page: http://wikidevi.com/wiki/Linksys_AE2500 the AE2500, which was first released about one year ago, uses the BCM4323 chipset. I do not see support for this chipset listed in http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/bwn/ or http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/ If you want a USB dongle that works with FreeBSD I recommend finding one with an RALINK chipset, these seem to be well supported (however I have not tried it with version 8). AFAIK 'wireless n' is not supported w/ the RALINK driver (usb is rum driver at http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/release/8.3.0/sys/dev/usb/wlan/if_rum.c?revision=234063view=markup). Older D-Link dongles use RALINK chipsets, but it seems that newer ones use the BC chipsets and are not supported. You should be able to chose from a selection of RALINK based devices on ebay for around $10 US. If you want to connect to 'wireless n' I recommend finding a device with an Atheros chipset (however I do not believe there is presently a driver for Atheros based USB dongles, there is one in the OpenBSD source which could be ported.) One thing to note, you may need to run FreeBSD 9 or 10.0-CURRENT to use the newer Atheros drivers. Waitman Gobble San Jose California USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:39:37 -0500, robert perry wrote: In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? Maybe you're thinking about linuxprinting.org which provides PPD device descriptions that can be incorporated in CUPS which has become the de-facto standard for printing? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
On 01/26/12 05:39, robert perry wrote: I intend to purchase a multifunction printer (including fax, scanner, copier) and return to utilizing the BSD operating systems. Early research indicates that few printer manufacturers formally support the FreeBSD or Unix operating systems but imply that drivers may still be available elsewhere. In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? Maybe try openprint.org? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
robert perry rperry1...@verizon.net wrote; I intend to purchase a multifunction printer (including fax, scanner, copier) and return to utilizing the BSD operating systems. Early research indicates that few printer manufacturers formally support the FreeBSD or Unix operating systems but imply that drivers may still be available elsewhere. In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? I take it you don't mean; http://www.google.com For the 'printer' side, look for something that supports a 'standard' printer _language_ -- preferably PostScript -- over a serial or parallel port, or the 'lpr/lpd' protocol over a network connection. *OR* look at the (limited!) list of 'winrinters' directly supported by Ghostscript. For faxing, look for something tht is 'Class2.0' (aka EIA/TIA 592) compliant. any standard fax software -- like 'hylafax' - will talk to it. For scanning, see the manpage for SANE(7). also www.sane-project.org The higher-end Brother MFP units pretty much work 'out of the box', for everything except scanning. Brother provides scanner driver binaries for SANE on Linux, and source-code for the adventurous. A quick persual indicates that a number of *nix varients are supported, including several *BSD varients (FreeBSD is not explicitly mentioned, unfortunately) It does not look like it would require 'linuxemulator' compilation. A quick attempt at './configure' indicated a need for some tweaking of pathnames or file location. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
- Original Message - From: robert perry rperry1...@verizon.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:39 PM Subject: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers I intend to purchase a multifunction printer (including fax, scanner, copier) and return to utilizing the BSD operating systems. Early research indicates that few printer manufacturers formally support the FreeBSD or Unix operating systems but imply that drivers may still be available elsewhere. In the past, I remember visiting certain websites that provided links to drivers but have forgotten the address. Could someone refresh my memory or provide an address that could help? === From Robert Bonomi: For the 'printer' side, look for something that supports a 'standard' printer _language_ -- preferably PostScript -- over a serial or parallel port, or the 'lpr/lpd' protocol over a network connection. *OR* look at the (limited!) list of 'winrinters' directly supported by Ghostscript. For faxing, look for something tht is 'Class2.0' (aka EIA/TIA 592) compliant. any standard fax software -- like 'hylafax' - will talk to it. For scanning, see the manpage for SANE(7). also www.sane-project.org The higher-end Brother MFP units pretty much work 'out of the box', for everything except scanning. Brother provides scanner driver binaries for SANE on Linux, and source-code for the adventurous. A quick persual indicates that a number of *nix varients are supported, including several *BSD varients (FreeBSD is not explicitly mentioned, unfortunately) It does not look like it would require 'linuxemulator' compilation. A quick attempt at './configure' indicated a need for some tweaking of pathnames or file location. = From Polytropon: Maybe you're thinking about linuxprinting.org which provides PPD device descriptions that can be incorporated in CUPS which has become the de-facto standard for printing? = From Da Rock: Maybe try openprint.org? Thank you all for your suggestions. I was able to review each and I think they'll be helpful. I almost forgot how much fun this could be. Bob Perry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to Research Availability of Print Drivers
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, robert perry wrote: = From Da Rock: Maybe try openprint.org? Thank you all for your suggestions. I was able to review each and I think they'll be helpful. I almost forgot how much fun this could be. That should be http://www.openprinting.org/printers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
vmware-tools-freebsd No drivers for x.org version: 7.6.5.
Hello, I have FreeBSD 9-CURRENT up and running in a VMware Workstation 7.x and I tried to install the vmware-tools-freebsd of VMware to get the driver for Xorg, but it seems that X.org 7.6.5. is not supported. My other VM runs a 8-CURRENT with X.org 7.4_1 which works fine. Any idea how to solve this? Should I go back to X.org 7.4_1 in 9-CURRENT? Or should I fake the vmware-tools installer to see X.org as /.4 while it is 7.6.5? Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: vmware-tools-freebsd No drivers for x.org version: 7.6.5.
On 2011-04-08 10:42, Matthias Apitz wrote: I have FreeBSD 9-CURRENT up and running in a VMware Workstation 7.x and I tried to install the vmware-tools-freebsd of VMware to get the driver for Xorg, but it seems that X.org 7.6.5. is not supported. My other VM runs a 8-CURRENT with X.org 7.4_1 which works fine. Any idea how to solve this? Should I go back to X.org 7.4_1 in 9-CURRENT? Or should I fake the vmware-tools installer to see X.org as /.4 while it is 7.6.5? X.org 7.5 already has VMware drivers, so you can just install the x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse and x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware ports. Alternatively, run make config in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers, check the VMMOUSE and VMWARE entries, and rebuild this meta-port. Btw, I have no idea why these drivers are not enabled by default. They would seem very useful in a default X.org installation. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: vmware-tools-freebsd No drivers for x.org version: 7.6.5.
On 08/04/2011 12:17, Dimitry Andric wrote: On 2011-04-08 10:42, Matthias Apitz wrote: I have FreeBSD 9-CURRENT up and running in a VMware Workstation 7.x and I tried to install the vmware-tools-freebsd of VMware to get the driver for Xorg, but it seems that X.org 7.6.5. is not supported. My other VM runs a 8-CURRENT with X.org 7.4_1 which works fine. Any idea how to solve this? Should I go back to X.org 7.4_1 in 9-CURRENT? Or should I fake the vmware-tools installer to see X.org as /.4 while it is 7.6.5? X.org 7.5 already has VMware drivers, so you can just install the x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse and x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware ports. Alternatively, run make config in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers, check the VMMOUSE and VMWARE entries, and rebuild this meta-port. Btw, I have no idea why these drivers are not enabled by default. They would seem very useful in a default X.org installation. Probably because a lot of people do not use VMware products. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Cheers, -- David Demelier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: vmware-tools-freebsd No drivers for x.org version: 7.6.5.
El día Friday, April 08, 2011 a las 12:17:03PM +0200, Dimitry Andric escribió: On 2011-04-08 10:42, Matthias Apitz wrote: I have FreeBSD 9-CURRENT up and running in a VMware Workstation 7.x and I tried to install the vmware-tools-freebsd of VMware to get the driver for Xorg, but it seems that X.org 7.6.5. is not supported. My other VM runs a 8-CURRENT with X.org 7.4_1 which works fine. Any idea how to solve this? Should I go back to X.org 7.4_1 in 9-CURRENT? Or should I fake the vmware-tools installer to see X.org as /.4 while it is 7.6.5? X.org 7.5 already has VMware drivers, so you can just install the x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse and x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware ports. Alternatively, run make config in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers, check the VMMOUSE and VMWARE entries, and rebuild this meta-port. Dimitry, Thanks for your kind fast answer; does this also mean that I could completely get rid of the VMware' vmware-tools-freebsd? I'm using on the 8-CURRENT system the emulators/open-vom-tools and will install them in the 9-CURRENT too. Thanks again matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: vmware-tools-freebsd No drivers for x.org version: 7.6.5.
On Apr 8, 2011, at 5:03 AM, Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: El día Friday, April 08, 2011 a las 12:17:03PM +0200, Dimitry Andric escribió: On 2011-04-08 10:42, Matthias Apitz wrote: I have FreeBSD 9-CURRENT up and running in a VMware Workstation 7.x and I tried to install the vmware-tools-freebsd of VMware to get the driver for Xorg, but it seems that X.org 7.6.5. is not supported. My other VM runs a 8-CURRENT with X.org 7.4_1 which works fine. Any idea how to solve this? A co-worker and I recently went through this. Seems the trick is to install xf86-video-vmware-10.16.9 (we are using 8.1-RELEASE), then re-run the vmware-config.pl file that you un-packed from the vmware-tools tarball, then run X -configure (as root), then copy /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (making appropriate backups first, of course). We were able to achieve 1600x1200 resolution. -- Devin Should I go back to X.org 7.4_1 in 9-CURRENT? Or should I fake the vmware-tools installer to see X.org as /.4 while it is 7.6.5? X.org 7.5 already has VMware drivers, so you can just install the x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse and x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware ports. Alternatively, run make config in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers, check the VMMOUSE and VMWARE entries, and rebuild this meta-port. Dimitry, Thanks for your kind fast answer; does this also mean that I could completely get rid of the VMware' vmware-tools-freebsd? I'm using on the 8-CURRENT system the emulators/open-vom-tools and will install them in the 9-CURRENT too. Thanks again matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. _ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:44 -0500 Brian Waters brianmwat...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. If the driver appears to load, then /dev/dsp should be created automatically when something tries to access it (e.g. cat /dev/random /dev/dsp). -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)
On 12 March 2011 08:34, Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:44 -0500 Brian Waters brianmwat...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. If the driver appears to load, then /dev/dsp should be created automatically when something tries to access it (e.g. cat /dev/random /dev/dsp). An important point that I had trouble with recently; the dsp* files don't appear until they are read/written to! Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)
It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? I'm assuming that X comes from the association numbers in the snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! Thanks, Brian Waters ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 03:29:44PM -0500, Brian Waters wrote: It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? I'm assuming that X comes from the association numbers in the snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! Thanks, Brian Waters Have you tried setting the default unit: # sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=1 If that works, you can make it permanent with: # echo hw.snd.default_unit=1 /etc/sysctl.conf If it doesn't, you have to post the output of: $ cat /dev/sndstat Make sure your volume is turned up: mixer(8) HTH. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html pgpzIsMzeo4UM.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)
Yeah, I have tried all the basic stuff. At this point, I've basically accepted that solving the problem on my machine is going to involve a whole bunch of technical stuff that I don't have the patience for - reading the HDA spec and the codec datasheet, reading the driver code, and making changes to the driver and default settings where necessary. (The hardware does work fine with the Linux kernel.) So yeah... that's probably never going to happen. I'm still wondering where the numbers in the names for the device special files come from. And thanks, Frank. - BW On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 03:29:44PM -0500, Brian Waters wrote: It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? I'm assuming that X comes from the association numbers in the snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! Thanks, Brian Waters Have you tried setting the default unit: # sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=1 If that works, you can make it permanent with: # echo hw.snd.default_unit=1 /etc/sysctl.conf If it doesn't, you have to post the output of: $ cat /dev/sndstat Make sure your volume is turned up: mixer(8) HTH. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)
Hi, On Saturday 12 March 2011 04:29:44 Brian Waters wrote: It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) this is what you see after your driver is loaded. You might have to tell an application which one to use. I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. I have different hardware but I use the same driver. I did not compile it into the kernel after getting into trouble. Since I load it with: kldload snd_hda it works as expected. If trouble come up, I kick it our and reload it. What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? I'm assuming that X comes from the association numbers in the snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! I do not really know but I have had to tell vlc which to use. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Quick question about sound drivers (esp. snd_hda)
2011-03-11 21:29, Brian Waters: It seems to me that under /dev, you can have the following sound-related device files: dspX dspX.Y (among others) I'm having some trouble getting my sound to work (Dell Inspiron E1705/Inspiron 9400 with Sigmatel STAC9220 codec). I've read the manpages for snd and snd_hda (which is the appropriate driver), and increased the verbosity of the drivers and read the kernel log and /dev/sndstat, but I still can't quite wrap my head around everything. What I'm wondering is: what exactly is the meaning of X and Y above? I'm assuming that X comes from the association numbers in the snd_hda driver, but I could be wrong. Please correct me! This is what I think. dsp0.0 is the first device on the first bus and so on. %ls -l /dev/ds* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel0, 155 11 Mar 19:16 /dev/dsp0.0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel0, 148 9 Mar 11:16 /dev/dsp1.0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel0, 146 9 Mar 11:16 /dev/dsp2.0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel0, 121 9 Mar 11:16 /dev/dsp3.0 %cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64) Installed devices: pcm0: HDA Realtek ALC888 PCM #0 Analog (play/rec) default pcm1: HDA Realtek ALC888 PCM #1 Analog (play/rec) pcm2: HDA Realtek ALC888 PCM #2 Digital (play/rec) pcm3: HDA ATI R6xx HDMI PCM #0 HDMI (play) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Gautham Ganapathy Would these changes be available in 8.2-release? They should be already in 8.2 RC3 (dunno about loader bug). Anyway you always can track FreeBSD STABLE and stable branch of https://github.com/richardpl/NDISulator . ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On July 24, 2010 08:04AM, Paul B Mahol wrote: On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Gautham Ganapathy gauth...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have an Alienware m11x with a Dell 1520 wireless minicard (Broadcom BCM4353 chipset). It comes with only Windows 7 drivers, but I was able to download Windows XP drivers seperately. However, after I generate the kernel module (I am using the 64-bit WinXP driver and freebsd amd64), I get errors when I try to load it. It says that the following symbols are missing ZwQueryInformationFile ZwCreateFile ZwReadFile IoUnregisterPlugPlayNotification ExFreePoolWithTag According to MSDN, these were introduced in Windows 2000. Is there any way of getting this driver running ? Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. I fixed this in my own git repo, but fpudna in kernel mode (my understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - this should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not done yet... Feel free to send patches. Hi Would these changes be available in 8.2-release? Regards Gautham PS - Sorry, I lost the original copy of the thread. Had to copy this from an archive. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Any work to update the RealTek Drivers?
Is there any work going on with the RealTek drivers? The RealTek devices I am using support a 9k MTU but the code limits the MTU to the default. Over gigabit, a larger MTU is desirable. Specifically, on one of several machines I am using: re0: RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E PCIe Gigabit Ethernet port 0xde00-0xdeff mem 0xfbcff000-0xfbcf,0xfbcf8000-0xfbcfbfff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci7 re1: RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E PCIe Gigabit Ethernet port 0xce00-0xceff mem 0xfbaff000-0xfbaf,0xfbaf8000-0xfbafbfff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci8 Trying to set the MTU: btw# ifconfig re1 mtu 4096 ifconfig: ioctl (set mtu): Invalid argument Looking at the source sys/dev/re/if_re.c /*- * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998-2003 * Bill Paul wp...@windriver.com. All rights reserved. (snip) case RL_HWREV_8168CP: case RL_HWREV_8168D: case RL_HWREV_8168DP: sc-rl_flags |= RL_FLAG_PHYWAKE | RL_FLAG_PAR | RL_FLAG_DESCV2 | RL_FLAG_MACSTAT | RL_FLAG_CMDSTOP | RL_FLAG_AUTOPAD; /* * These controllers support jumbo frame but it seems * that enabling it requires touching additional magic * registers. Depending on MAC revisions some * controllers need to disable checksum offload. So * disable jumbo frame until I have better idea what * it really requires to make it support. * RTL8168C/CP : supports up to 6KB jumbo frame. * RTL8111C/CP : supports up to 9KB jumbo frame. */ sc-rl_flags |= RL_FLAG_NOJUMBO; break; ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
How to go about installing drivers for Huawei EC1261 USB stick+modem on FreeBSD ?
Hi, This is the first time I am using ppp on FreeBSD : till now I had exclusively used ethernet. I just purchased a Huawei USB stick+modem and I need to configure PPP for it. Can somebody kindly give me a pointer to what steps I need to follow ? I don't know the list of drivers I need to install to get internet up. I don't care much about the stick's mass storage capabilities; it is the modem I am interested in enabling. Would be really nice if someone could post a sample ppp.conf. Thanks Manish Jain ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to go about installing drivers for Huawei EC1261 USB stick+modem on FreeBSD ?
El día Sunday, November 07, 2010 a las 05:31:29PM +0530, Manish Jain escribió: Hi, This is the first time I am using ppp on FreeBSD : till now I had exclusively used ethernet. I just purchased a Huawei USB stick+modem and I need to configure PPP for it. Can somebody kindly give me a pointer to what steps I need to follow ? I don't know the list of drivers I need to install to get internet up. I don't care much about the stick's mass storage capabilities; it is the modem I am interested in enabling. Would be really nice if someone could post a sample ppp.conf. Thanks Manish Jain kldload 'ubsa' and see if it supports this Huawei card. If so, you may follow more or less the chap. 6 of my paper http://www.unixarea.de/installEeePC-8CURRENT.txt HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e g...@unixarea.de - w http://www.unixarea.de/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Gautham Ganapathy wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:45:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: On 7/24/10, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:01:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. I fixed this in my own git repo, but fpudna in kernel mode (my understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - this should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not done yet... Feel free to send patches. I feel his pain. I need 64 bit drivers for cards that FBSD does not support, mostly 'N' protocol wireless cards. The inability to secure and use perfectly good drivers that are available for Windows users in FreeBSD is a real PIA. Of course, it does give my Window user friends something to laugh about. And bwn(4) doesn't work at all? quote bwn -- Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver /quote You will notice that there is no 'n' in the description. In any case, it is limited to 'broadcom' chips. -- Jerry ? freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Nope, bwn did not work. The man page mentioned a port that also had to be installed. It had two modules, which I put in loader.conf one at a time along with if_bwn.ko, but still no luck. The card I have has a Broadcom 4353 chipset. I think it is b/g/n. I have a laptop with the same card. In a December 23, 2009 (in current I think) the driver maintainer said: I see that your device has LP-PHY instead of A/B/G/N PHYs so currently it's not supported by bwn(4). AFAIK linux has a weak but working implementation so we could refer to other Open Sources. At least on 8.1 bwn does not recognize the device. I can not find XP drivers. Broadcom's site does not (as far as I could find) mention the card. It does not sound like the XP driver work much better. Using the win7 drivers produces a hard loop upon doing an ifconfig. There are no PRs on either ndis or bwn so I assume this will be the state of things for a while at least. If anyone got the XP drivers to work with this card, please share the solution and how to get the drivers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Gautham Ganapathy gauth...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I have an Alienware m11x with a Dell 1520 wireless minicard (Broadcom BCM4353 chipset). It comes with only Windows 7 drivers, but I was able to download Windows XP drivers seperately. However, after I generate the kernel module (I am using the 64-bit WinXP driver and freebsd amd64), I get errors when I try to load it. It says that the following symbols are missing ZwQueryInformationFile ZwCreateFile ZwReadFile IoUnregisterPlugPlayNotification ExFreePoolWithTag According to MSDN, these were introduced in Windows 2000. Is there any way of getting this driver running ? Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. I fixed this in my own git repo, but fpudna in kernel mode (my understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - this should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not done yet... Feel free to send patches. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:01:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. I fixed this in my own git repo, but fpudna in kernel mode (my understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - this should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not done yet... Feel free to send patches. I feel his pain. I need 64 bit drivers for cards that FBSD does not support, mostly 'N' protocol wireless cards. The inability to secure and use perfectly good drivers that are available for Windows users in FreeBSD is a real PIA. Of course, it does give my Window user friends something to laugh about. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Do something unusual today. Pay a bill. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On 7/24/10, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:01:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. I fixed this in my own git repo, but fpudna in kernel mode (my understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - this should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not done yet... Feel free to send patches. I feel his pain. I need 64 bit drivers for cards that FBSD does not support, mostly 'N' protocol wireless cards. The inability to secure and use perfectly good drivers that are available for Windows users in FreeBSD is a real PIA. Of course, it does give my Window user friends something to laugh about. And bwn(4) doesn't work at all? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:45:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: On 7/24/10, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:01:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. I fixed this in my own git repo, but fpudna in kernel mode (my understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - this should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not done yet... Feel free to send patches. I feel his pain. I need 64 bit drivers for cards that FBSD does not support, mostly 'N' protocol wireless cards. The inability to secure and use perfectly good drivers that are available for Windows users in FreeBSD is a real PIA. Of course, it does give my Window user friends something to laugh about. And bwn(4) doesn't work at all? quote bwn -- Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver /quote You will notice that there is no 'n' in the description. In any case, it is limited to 'broadcom' chips. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:45:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: On 7/24/10, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:01:24 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: Such symbols are completly irrelevant for normal operation, because NDISulator crash on amd64 during driver initialization. I fixed this in my own git repo, but fpudna in kernel mode (my understanding is that it is source of panic when trying to use ndis0 device on amd64), present only on amd64 is still not yet fixed - this should be addressed with fpu_kern KPI available on CURRENT - not done yet... Feel free to send patches. I feel his pain. I need 64 bit drivers for cards that FBSD does not support, mostly 'N' protocol wireless cards. The inability to secure and use perfectly good drivers that are available for Windows users in FreeBSD is a real PIA. Of course, it does give my Window user friends something to laugh about. And bwn(4) doesn't work at all? quote bwn -- Broadcom BCM43xx IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver /quote You will notice that there is no 'n' in the description. In any case, it is limited to 'broadcom' chips. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Nope, bwn did not work. The man page mentioned a port that also had to be installed. It had two modules, which I put in loader.conf one at a time along with if_bwn.ko, but still no luck. The card I have has a Broadcom 4353 chipset. I think it is b/g/n. Regards Gautham ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
64-bit Windows XP NDIS drivers giving missing symbols
Hi I have an Alienware m11x with a Dell 1520 wireless minicard (Broadcom BCM4353 chipset). It comes with only Windows 7 drivers, but I was able to download Windows XP drivers seperately. However, after I generate the kernel module (I am using the 64-bit WinXP driver and freebsd amd64), I get errors when I try to load it. It says that the following symbols are missing ZwQueryInformationFile ZwCreateFile ZwReadFile IoUnregisterPlugPlayNotification ExFreePoolWithTag According to MSDN, these were introduced in Windows 2000. Is there any way of getting this driver running ? Regards Gautham ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How are USB drivers assigned?
When the ums driver is loaded (at boot time or through kldload) it registers itself with the usb bus driver. When your mouse is plugged in the bus driver calls the probe routine of every driver that has registered with it. If the ums probe routine detects that the new device is in fact a mouse it returns the value BUS_PROBE_GENERIC to the bus driver to indicate that it supports the new device. Once all the probe routines have been run the bus driver runs the attach routine of the driver that returned the highest non-error value from its probe routine. In the case of a mouse the attach routine of ums should be called. The ums attach routine is responsible for configuring the device for use by the system. A successful return from the attach routine means the device is added to the system and ready to be used. For more info see /sys/dev/usb/input/ums.c especially the functions ums_probe and ums_attach and the DRIVER_MODULE macro. Hope this helps, Nick On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:37 PM, o...@aloha.com wrote: On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:56:39 +0200 Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:03:38PM -1000, Gary Dunn wrote: Is there a file that associates drivers with USB device information? More specifically, how does a USB mouse get assigned to the ums driver? This is for FreeBSD 8.0, if it matters. When queried on connection the mouse identifies itself by sending a descrip tor as a Human Interface Device class peripheral, and specifically a mouse. The USB driver then knows to attach the ums device driver. Thanks for the reply Roland. What I am looking for is The USB driver then knows to attach the ums device driver. how it knows. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
How are USB drivers assigned?
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Re: How are USB drivers assigned?
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:03:38PM -1000, Gary Dunn wrote: Is there a file that associates drivers with USB device information? More specifically, how does a USB mouse get assigned to the ums driver? This is for FreeBSD 8.0, if it matters. When queried on connection the mouse identifies itself by sending a descriptor as a Human Interface Device class peripheral, and specifically a mouse. The USB driver then knows to attach the ums device driver. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp0kW4oz5q0S.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How are USB drivers assigned?
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:56:39 +0200 Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:03:38PM -1000, Gary Dunn wrote: Is there a file that associates drivers with USB device information? More specifically, how does a USB mouse get assigned to the ums driver? This is for FreeBSD 8.0, if it matters. When queried on connection the mouse identifies itself by sending a descrip tor as a Human Interface Device class peripheral, and specifically a mouse. The USB driver then knows to attach the ums device driver. Thanks for the reply Roland. What I am looking for is The USB driver then knows to attach the ums device driver. how it knows. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
PCI devices without drivers
I ran the following command and I was wondering how I could figure out what drivers are needed for each of the following. $pciconf -lv|grep -A 4 none no...@pci0:0:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0x3a1d17aa chip=0x29308086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82801IB/IR/IH (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller' class = serial bus subclass = SMBus no...@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x088000 card=0x3d9b17aa chip=0x2382197b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'JMicron Technology Corp.' device = 'JMB38X SD/MMC Host Controller (JMB38X)' class = base peripheral no...@pci0:2:0:2: class=0x080501 card=0x3d9a17aa chip=0x2381197b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'JMicron Technology Corp.' class = base peripheral subclass = SD host controller no...@pci0:2:0:3: class=0x088000 card=0x3d9c17aa chip=0x2383197b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'JMicron Technology Corp.' device = 'JMB38X MS Host Controller (JMB38X)' class = base peripheral ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
nVidia 64bit drivers
Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed; however, I have not found them present in the ports system. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Oregano, n.:The ancient Italian art of pizza folding. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nVidia 64bit drivers
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed; however, I have not found them present in the ports system. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Oregano, n.: The ancient Italian art of pizza folding. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Yes they are, they got in to the ports tree a week or so after the nVidia release. [x11/nvidia-driver] Regards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nVidia 64bit drivers
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:39:34 + George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com articulated: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed; however, I have not found them present in the ports system. Yes they are, they got in to the ports tree a week or so after the nVidia release. [x11/nvidia-driver] Actually, that is not the latest version, http://www.freebsdnews.net/2010/03/05/download-nvidia-195-36-08-freebsd-display-driver/ is the latest. Also, they appear to be waiting for when Linux/x86-64 compatibility is added to FreeBSD/amd64 is completed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it. James Huneker ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nVidia 64bit drivers
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:39:34 + George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com articulated: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed; however, I have not found them present in the ports system. Yes they are, they got in to the ports tree a week or so after the nVidia release. [x11/nvidia-driver] Actually, that is not the latest version, http://www.freebsdnews.net/2010/03/05/download-nvidia-195-36-08-freebsd-display-driver/ is the latest. Also, they appear to be waiting for when Linux/x86-64 compatibility is added to FreeBSD/amd64 is completed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it. James Huneker ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org 195.22 beta is the only version that nvidia has released for FBSD/amd64. You can refer to the following post about the current official releases : http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=127019 195.36.08 is removed from web ftp thus, the latest official release is 190.53 Regards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nVidia 64bit drivers
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:44, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Jason Garrett kinged...@gmail.com
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 06:39, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote:
Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD
ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed;
however, I have not found them present in the ports system.
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Yes they are, they got in to the ports tree a week or so after the
nVidia release. [x11/nvidia-driver]
Regards.
Just a FYI:
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386
It still appears this is i386 only, NOT 64 bit.
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Please see revision 1.94
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/Makefile
.if ${DISTVERSION} == 195.22
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= XFree86/FreeBSD-x86${ARCH_SUFX}/${DISTVERSION}
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64
.else
This is not in my ports tree on 8.0, why is this so if it is listed on the
website?
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Re: nVidia 64bit drivers
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 16:37, Jason Garrett kinged...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:44, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Jason Garrett kinged...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 06:39, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD
ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed;
however, I have not found them present in the ports system.
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Yes they are, they got in to the ports tree a week or so after the
nVidia release. [x11/nvidia-driver]
Regards.
Just a FYI:
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386
It still appears this is i386 only, NOT 64 bit.
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Please see revision 1.94
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/Makefile
.if ${DISTVERSION} == 195.22
MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR= XFree86/FreeBSD-x86${ARCH_SUFX}/${DISTVERSION}
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64
.else
This is not in my ports tree on 8.0, why is this so if it is listed on the
website?
Nevermind and sorry for the noise, I ran a portsnap fetch/update and now it
is there.. it was not after this mornings fetch/update.
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Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/24/2010 12:00 AM, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Programmer In Training wrote: This is probably the wrong place to ask, and if it is I ask your forgiveness. I'm browsing the FTP server for FreeBSD-8.0 packages[0] and am looking for drivers for my winWiFi card (zonenet, unsure of chipset currently) and realized, I'm not sure what package I would need for that. Post the model number of the Zonet card. Is it PCI or USB? You could try just loading all of the wireless kernel modules and seeing if any of them find the hardware. There's a list of those in the See Also section for wlan(4). -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA I'm going to have to do that because the one provided by the company that put out the card are for FreeBSD 7.0. I tried using it anyway and the moment I went to load the kernel, it caused my computer to reboot without warning. It's PCI and I have no clue as to the model number anymore. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/23/2010 10:51 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:35:32 -0600, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: I hope ifconfig will help more then dmesg as I have no way of getting files (like dmesg.log that I created) off the box (floppy drive isn't even hooked up, IIRC) and rl0 is my wired NIC, non-internal. The ifconfig program (often used as ifconfig -a) tells you only about NICs that are already connected to a driver. Most wireless NICs require loading a specific kernel module (which is not in the GENERIC kernel), and therefore it's helpful to know what exact model it is, so you can load the correct driver. There are of course programs that help you with this: pciconf -lv and usbdevs -v are common tools snip Thanks, this probably wouldn't be such an issue if I hadn't thrown away the box two-three weeks ago (at least, I think I threw it out; I've had the card for about a two years). no...@pci0:2:2:0: class 0x2 card=0x1faa11ab chip=0x00351033 rev=0x43 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology LLC)' device = 'Marvell Libertas 02.llb/g Wireless (8335)' class = network subclass = ethernet I can't find any wlan modules in /boot/kernel that aren't already loaded. P.S.: I'm subscribed to the list, no need to CC me. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 05:31:53AM -0600, Programmer In Training wrote: Thanks, this probably wouldn't be such an issue if I hadn't thrown away the box two-three weeks ago (at least, I think I threw it out; I've had the card for about a two years). no...@pci0:2:2:0: class 0x2 card=0x1faa11ab chip=0x00351033 rev=0x43 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology LLC)' device = 'Marvell Libertas 02.llb/g Wireless (8335)' class = network subclass = ethernet zgrep Libertas /usr/share/man/man4/* /usr/share/man/man4/if_malo.4.gz:.Nd Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver So go and read if_malo(4). It looks like your card is supported, but you need to download a firmware package. This driver was added in 7.1, according to the manpage. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpqDkPTXuf6t.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
Do not CC me. I am subscribed to the list. There is no need. THANK YOU. On 1/24/2010 6:22 AM, Roland Smith wrote: snip zgrep Libertas /usr/share/man/man4/* /usr/share/man/man4/if_malo.4.gz:.Nd Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver So go and read if_malo(4). It looks like your card is supported, but you need to download a firmware package. This driver was added in 7.1, according to the manpage. Roland Thanks. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/24/2010 6:27 AM, Programmer In Training wrote: Do not CC me. I am subscribed to the list. There is no need. THANK YOU. On 1/24/2010 6:22 AM, Roland Smith wrote: snip zgrep Libertas /usr/share/man/man4/* /usr/share/man/man4/if_malo.4.gz:.Nd Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network driver So go and read if_malo(4). It looks like your card is supported, but you need to download a firmware package. This driver was added in 7.1, according to the manpage. Roland Thanks. Thanks for the help folks. I've found everything I need, I believe, now to just do what needs to be done. I'll post here later on today, after I've burned the file to disc (no floppy drive on either computer). -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:13:05 -0600, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: I'll post here later on today, after I've burned the file to disc (no floppy drive on either computer). No possibility to transfer the file via wired network? Your RealTek NIC works out of the box. Or maybe use an USB stick? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/24/2010 6:35 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:13:05 -0600, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: I'll post here later on today, after I've burned the file to disc (no floppy drive on either computer). No possibility to transfer the file via wired network? Your RealTek NIC works out of the box. Or maybe use an USB stick? No. Right now I'd have to move the box halfway across the house into a room that's already too crammed for what's in there. I have considered just running the cable, but I'd have to do so on a day my 3 year old nephew isn't home (one home, 8 people, don't ask) or risk all sorts of problems (nephew tripping and hurting self (biggest concern), nephew tripping and ripping out the cable from the connector, nephew tripping and damaging the router (which would kill entire home network), dogs doing same thing). No floppy disk drive, so only safe option is to burn a CD. IF I can do the run-to-router-with-CAT5 option, that would be ideal (and then there would be no issue, I'd be installing ports like mad until I had the system set up the way I want). -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/24/2010 9:55 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/24/2010 6:35 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:13:05 -0600, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: I'll post here later on today, after I've burned the file to disc (no floppy drive on either computer). No possibility to transfer the file via wired network? Your RealTek NIC works out of the box. Or maybe use an USB stick? snip Forgot to mention, I don't own a USB Stick (yet). I intend to get about two dozen 4GB models when I can (so I can start distributing my PGP Pub Key in person with others so I can say I fully trust them and that key and vice-versa, important for taking steps in doing other verification for products like the Pidgin plugin, OTR (Off-the-Record)). -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
This is probably the wrong place to ask, and if it is I ask your forgiveness. I'm browsing the FTP server for FreeBSD-8.0 packages[0] and am looking for drivers for my winWiFi card (zonenet, unsure of chipset currently) and realized, I'm not sure what package I would need for that. I didn't set up eth0 (wired NIC, realtek) as that would mean lugging my box halfway across the house into a room with no room in it for me and my box. I figured I could just set my wireless card up after install, not thinking I wouldn't have a clue as to what I'm doing. Any clues as to what part of the FTP server I should be looking in? I'm looking at the packages under net/ but looking at them they all seem to be for someone with a working connection (icecast, nbd-server, etc). Thoughts? [0]: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.0-release/ -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
Programmer In Training wrote: This is probably the wrong place to ask, and if it is I ask your forgiveness. Nope, this is the right place. I'm browsing the FTP server for FreeBSD-8.0 packages[0] and am looking for drivers for my winWiFi card (zonenet, unsure of chipset currently) and realized, I'm not sure what package I would need for that. I didn't set up eth0 (wired NIC, realtek) as that would mean lugging my box halfway across the house into a room with no room in it for me and my box. I figured I could just set my wireless card up after install, not thinking I wouldn't have a clue as to what I'm doing. That is the wrong place. :) What is listed with ifconfig(8)? That will help determine the driver (if it is supported). Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
Glen Barber wrote: What is listed with ifconfig(8)? That will help determine the driver (if it is supported). Oops... Meant to say dmesg; perhaps ifconfig will help as well, though. Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/23/2010 10:05 PM, Glen Barber wrote: Programmer In Training wrote: This is probably the wrong place to ask, and if it is I ask your forgiveness. Nope, this is the right place. Awesome I'm browsing the FTP server for FreeBSD-8.0 packages[0] and am looking for drivers for my winWiFi card (zonenet, unsure of chipset currently) and realized, I'm not sure what package I would need for that. I didn't set up eth0 (wired NIC, realtek) as that would mean lugging my box halfway across the house into a room with no room in it for me and my box. I figured I could just set my wireless card up after install, not thinking I wouldn't have a clue as to what I'm doing. That is the wrong place. :) Which is OK. At least I only downloaded a dozen files. ;) What is listed with ifconfig(8)? That will help determine the driver (if it is supported). (this is all typed out so please excuse typos) #ifconfig rl0: flags=8802BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU ether 00:40:ca:35:6c:09 media: ethernet autoselect status: no carrier plip0: flags=8810POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3RXCSUM,TXCSUM inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 [I am absolutely sure that percent sign is correct] inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 Should I assume that rl0 is the wireless? I'm not sure what plip0 is and I know lo0 is my wired nic. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/23/2010 10:07 PM, Glen Barber wrote: Glen Barber wrote: What is listed with ifconfig(8)? That will help determine the driver (if it is supported). Oops... Meant to say dmesg; perhaps ifconfig will help as well, though. Regards, I hope ifconfig will help more then dmesg as I have no way of getting files (like dmesg.log that I created) off the box (floppy drive isn't even hooked up, IIRC) and rl0 is my wired NIC, non-internal. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On 1/23/2010 10:26 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: snip #ifconfig rl0: flags=8802BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU ether 00:40:ca:35:6c:09 media: ethernet autoselect status: no carrier plip0: flags=8810POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3RXCSUM,TXCSUM inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 [I am absolutely sure that percent sign is correct] inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 Should I assume that rl0 is the wireless? I'm not sure what plip0 is and I know lo0 is my wired nic. Haha, assumptions rock. Not. rl0 is my wired NIC. -- PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/23/2010 10:05 PM, Glen Barber wrote: [huge snip] Should I assume that rl0 is the wireless? I'm not sure what plip0 is and I know lo0 is my wired nic. rl0 is your physical NIC, lo0 is the loopback. From your other reply, I think you already noticed that. Try this, paying particular attention to any lines beginning with 'none': pciconf -lv Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:26:33 -0600, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: [...] set up eth0 (wired NIC, realtek) as that would mean lugging my box halfway across the house into a room with no room in it for me and my [...] [...] #ifconfig rl0: flags=8802BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU ether 00:40:ca:35:6c:09 media: ethernet autoselect status: no carrier plip0: flags=8810POINTTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3RXCSUM,TXCSUM inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 [I am absolutely sure that percent sign is correct] inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 Should I assume that rl0 is the wireless? I'm not sure what plip0 is and I know lo0 is my wired nic. You've already given the correct answer: Realtek wired NIC. This the rl driver; eth is a Linuxism, in FreeBSD every NIC, wireless or wired, is represented by a device file named after the driver. If you're not sure what something is, try FreeBSD's excellent manpage system. You'll be surprised how much information is in there, in opposite to many Linusi: % whatis lo lo(4)- software loopback network interface The lo0 is NOT your wired NIC. That's this one: % whatis rl rl(4)- RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet device driver You can access information about nearly everything in FreeBSD via the apropos, whatis and man commands - be it system binaries, library functions, kernel calls, configuration files, maintenance procedures and misc. documentation topics. So THAT's awesome! :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:26:33 -0600, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: [...] set up eth0 (wired NIC, realtek) as that would mean lugging my box halfway across the house into a room with no room in it for me and my [...] [...] You've already given the correct answer: Realtek wired NIC. This the rl driver; eth is a Linuxism, in FreeBSD every NIC, wireless or wired, is represented by a device file named after the driver. I believe the intent is to use the integrated wireless chipset, not the ethernet. Regards, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:35:32 -0600, Programmer In Training p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us wrote: I hope ifconfig will help more then dmesg as I have no way of getting files (like dmesg.log that I created) off the box (floppy drive isn't even hooked up, IIRC) and rl0 is my wired NIC, non-internal. The ifconfig program (often used as ifconfig -a) tells you only about NICs that are already connected to a driver. Most wireless NICs require loading a specific kernel module (which is not in the GENERIC kernel), and therefore it's helpful to know what exact model it is, so you can load the correct driver. There are of course programs that help you with this: pciconf -lv and usbdevs -v are common tools for this particular tasks. As soon as you can tell what the name of the wireless NIC is, you can check which driver it needs and the load it, e. g. with kldload if_bge.ko, where bge is the name of the driver (remember to check man bge to see what it is intended for). As soon as you've loaded it, dmesg will show its existance and ifconfig -a will print its settings. PS. The plip0 interface is the printer port Internet Protocol driver. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:45:38 -0500, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: I believe the intent is to use the integrated wireless chipset, not the ethernet. I see, I just wanted to point out a Linuxism that could lead to misunderstandings, as well as to mention FreeBSD's excellent documentation in this context. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Finding Drivers For winWiFi Card
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Programmer In Training wrote: This is probably the wrong place to ask, and if it is I ask your forgiveness. I'm browsing the FTP server for FreeBSD-8.0 packages[0] and am looking for drivers for my winWiFi card (zonenet, unsure of chipset currently) and realized, I'm not sure what package I would need for that. Post the model number of the Zonet card. Is it PCI or USB? You could try just loading all of the wireless kernel modules and seeing if any of them find the hardware. There's a list of those in the See Also section for wlan(4). -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:55:34 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not able to use the glx settings on my computer. RGB comes back as a double buffer error. Hi, sorry but with that kind of questioning you won`t get any response, that includes your other posts as well. you should all ways try to describe the problem more specified. you should post your configs (/etc./X11/xorg.conf) and hardware specs (dmesg) and os release version( uname -a ) ,and the driver version you have installed, too. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org greets daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
The reason for multiple posts and the titles is because The original post was considered spam by the freebsd-questions mailing list and webmaster. It had all of the relevant information in it. Next time you may want ask me why I do something before making an uninformed and asinine response. Here is the information you asked for: %uname -a FreeBSD pocket-peoples.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 08:49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 9:52 AM On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:55:34 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not able to use the glx settings on my computer. RGB comes back as a double buffer error. Hi, sorry but with that kind of questioning you won`t get any response, that includes your other posts as well. you should all ways try to describe the problem more specified. you should post your configs (/etc./X11/xorg.conf) and hardware specs (dmesg) and os release version( uname -a ) ,and the driver version you have installed, too. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org greets daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] xorg.conf Description: Binary data Copyright (c) 1992-2009 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 08:49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC module_register: module dc/miibus already exists! Module dc/miibus failed to register: 17 module_register: module pci/dc already exists! Module pci/dc failed to register: 17 module_register: module cardbus/dc already exists! Module cardbus/dc failed to register: 17 module_register: module miibus/dcphy already exists! Module miibus/dcphy failed to register: 17 module_register: module miibus/pnphy already exists! Module miibus/pnphy failed to register: 17 module_register: module uhub/ums already exists! Module uhub/ums failed to register: 17 module_register: module rl/miibus already exists! Module rl/miibus failed to register: 17 module_register: module cardbus/rl already exists! Module cardbus/rl failed to register: 17 module_register: module pci/rl already exists! Module pci/rl failed to register: 17 Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3400+ (1989.82-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = AuthenticAMD Id = 0x20ff2 Stepping = 2 Features=0x78bfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2 Features2=0x1SSE3 AMD Features=0xe2500800SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow! AMD Features2=0x1LAHF real memory = 1877934080 (1790 MB) avail memory = 1818591232 (1734 MB) ACPI APIC Table: HP-CPC AWRDACPI ioapic0 Version 2.1 irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 acpi0: HP-CPC AWRDACPI on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, 6fdf (3) failed Timecounter ACPI-fast frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: 32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0 acpi_button0: Power Button on acpi0 pcib0: ACPI Host-PCI bridge port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: ACPI PCI bus on pcib0 pcib1: PCI-PCI bridge at device 2.0 on pci0 pci1: PCI bus on pcib1 vgapci0: VGA-compatible display port 0xef00-0xef7f mem 0xfa00-0xfaff,0xd000-0xdfff,0xf800-0xf9ff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci1 nvidia0: GeForce 8400 GS on vgapci0 vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_busmaster vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED] nvidia0: [ITHREAD] atapci0: ATI IXP400 SATA150 controller port 0xff00-0xff07,0xfe00-0xfe03,0xfd00-0xfd07,0xfc00-0xfc03,0xfb00-0xfb0f mem 0xfe02f000-0xfe02f1ff irq 22 at device 18.0 on pci0 atapci0: [ITHREAD] ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 ata3: [ITHREAD] ohci0: ATI SB400 USB Controller mem 0xfe02e000-0xfe02efff at device 19.0 on pci0 ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ohci0: [ITHREAD] usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0: ATI SB400 USB Controller on ohci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: ATI OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 on usb0 uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered ohci1: ATI SB400 USB Controller mem 0xfe02d000-0xfe02dfff at device 19.1 on pci0 ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] ohci1
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
Hi in xorg.conf Section Module Load dbe Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx Load dri -- REMOVE THIS ! Have you checked out this link before ? http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/173.14.12/README/index.html On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 04:29:14 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: The reason for multiple posts and the titles is because The original post was considered spam by the freebsd-questions mailing list and webmaster. It had all of the relevant information in it. Next time you may want ask me why I do something before making an uninformed and asinine response. Here is the information you asked for: %uname -a FreeBSD pocket-peoples.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 08:49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 9:52 AM On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:55:34 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not able to use the glx settings on my computer. RGB comes back as a double buffer error. best regards daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
The following files do not exist on my system /compat/linux/sbin/modprobe /dev/nvidia1 /dev/nvidia2 %nvidia-settings --glxinfo GLX Information for pocket-peoples.net.:0.0: Segmentation fault --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 1:50 PM Hi in xorg.conf Section Module Load dbe Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx Load dri -- REMOVE THIS ! Have you checked out this link before ? http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/173.14.12/README/index.html On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 04:29:14 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: The reason for multiple posts and the titles is because The original post was considered spam by the freebsd-questions mailing list and webmaster. It had all of the relevant information in it. Next time you may want ask me why I do something before making an uninformed and asinine response. Here is the information you asked for: %uname -a FreeBSD pocket-peoples.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 08:49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 9:52 AM On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:55:34 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not able to use the glx settings on my computer. RGB comes back as a double buffer error. best regards daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
I downloaded and installed the driver from nvidia with better results. Now, I have a problem of a broken screen and a workable area of 320x240. I added the the Modes to the xorg.conf file with no change in results. --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 1:50 PM Hi in xorg.conf Section Module Load dbe Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx Load dri -- REMOVE THIS ! Have you checked out this link before ? http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/173.14.12/README/index.html On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 04:29:14 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: The reason for multiple posts and the titles is because The original post was considered spam by the freebsd-questions mailing list and webmaster. It had all of the relevant information in it. Next time you may want ask me why I do something before making an uninformed and asinine response. Here is the information you asked for: %uname -a FreeBSD pocket-peoples.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 08:49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 9:52 AM On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:55:34 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not able to use the glx settings on my computer. RGB comes back as a double buffer error. best regards daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:22:42 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: I downloaded and installed the driver from nvidia with better results. Now, I have a problem of a broken screen and a workable area of 320x240. I added the the Modes to the xorg.conf file with no change in results. Have you run nvidia-xconfig ? best regards daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
Yes, I did. I'm thinking that it may be the metamode option. --- On Thu, 11/5/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:01 AM On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:22:42 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: I downloaded and installed the driver from nvidia with better results. Now, I have a problem of a broken screen and a workable area of 320x240. I added the the Modes to the xorg.conf file with no change in results. Have you run nvidia-xconfig ? best regards daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:15:46 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, I did. I'm thinking that it may be the metamode option. --- On Thu, 11/5/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, well i don`t know, i don`t have any modes specified in xorg.conf here is what my xorg.conf looks like with geforce fx5500 . Sorry but i think i can`t help you any further :-( , maybe you can join #nvidia on irc.freenode and ask there or use some freebsd related irc channel on any irc network you may like. # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeis...@builder65) Thu Jul 17 18:26:36 PDT 2008 [snip] Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Unknown ModelName Unknown HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier Device0 Driver nvidia VendorName NVIDIA Corporation Option NvAGP 1 Option Coolbits 1 Option TripleBuffer True Option RenderAccel True Option AllowGLXWithComposite True Option EnableAGPSBA 1 Option EnableAGPFW 0 Option GLX1 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Device0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth24 Option PixmapCacheSize 20 Option AllowSHMPixmaps 0 SubSection Display EndSubSection EndSection P.S. i noticed that your quoting is not very good, try to tell your mail-user-agent to quote a lil` better ;-) bye daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with nvidia drivers
I fixed by using the following method. Opened the properties and set the screen resolution. Opened firefox and downloaded the old xorg.conf I sent you earlier. Logged out and then back in as root. Used kate to copy the screen layout from the downloaded file to the active xorg.conf file. Saved and restarted x. Believe it or not, I did need you to walk me through the process. There were quite a few things I wasn't able to notice on my own. Thanks a lot and all that. --- On Thu, 11/5/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: From: Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net Subject: Re: need help with nvidia drivers To: Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 12:39 AM On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:15:46 -0800 (PST) Super Biscuit super_bisq...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, I did. I'm thinking that it may be the metamode option. --- On Thu, 11/5/09, Daniel C. Dowse dcdo...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, well i don`t know, i don`t have any modes specified in xorg.conf here is what my xorg.conf looks like with geforce fx5500 . Sorry but i think i can`t help you any further :-( , maybe you can join #nvidia on irc.freenode and ask there or use some freebsd related irc channel on any irc network you may like. # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeis...@builder65) Thu Jul 17 18:26:36 PDT 2008 [snip] Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Unknown ModelName Unknown HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Device Identifier Device0 Driver nvidia VendorName NVIDIA Corporation Option NvAGP 1 Option Coolbits 1 Option TripleBuffer True Option RenderAccel True Option AllowGLXWithComposite True Option EnableAGPSBA 1 Option EnableAGPFW 0 Option GLX 1 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Device0 Monitor Monitor0 DefaultDepth 24 Option PixmapCacheSize 20 Option AllowSHMPixmaps 0 SubSection Display EndSubSection EndSection P.S. i noticed that your quoting is not very good, try to tell your mail-user-agent to quote a lil` better ;-) bye daniel -- [ The only reality is virtual ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
need help with nvidia drivers
I'm not able to use the glx settings on my computer. RGB comes back as a double buffer error. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: looking for /usr/ports/x11-driver, not /usr/ports/x11-drivers
Sorry, the correct directory is #cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver -Original Message- From: Henry Olyer henry.ol...@gmail.com Sent: Oct 23, 2009 11:33 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: looking for /usr/ports/x11-driver, not /usr/ports/x11-drivers I'm trying to X (re)configure a CQ60, which is not so trivial to do... Kenneth CF once wrote: 2) Install the nvidia-driver. # cd /usr/ports/x11-driver/nvidia-driver # make install clean (I built with options FREEBSD_AGP checked, ACPI checked, LINUX unchecked). And this was not a typo. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
looking for /usr/ports/x11-driver, not /usr/ports/x11-drivers
I'm trying to X (re)configure a CQ60, which is not so trivial to do... Kenneth CF once wrote: 2) Install the nvidia-driver. # cd /usr/ports/x11-driver/nvidia-driver # make install clean (I built with options FREEBSD_AGP checked, ACPI checked, LINUX unchecked). And this was not a typo. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
using gutenprint drivers - cups vs foomatic
There is a gutenprint driver for my printer (Epson Stylus Photo 280) that doesn't appear in the gutenprint or foomatic ppd directories in /usr/local/share. It only appears after I install gutenprint-cups, and then it appears in a gutenprint subfolder somewhere under /usr/local/share/cups/. Since many of the installed applications don't seem to want to access the cups printer, I'd like to switch back to lpd rather than always recompiling applications with CUPS support. Will the ppd files under /usr/local/share/cups work with foomatic and lpd? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Re: Loading sound drivers
On Apr 9, 2009 9:20am, Ricardo Jesus ricardo.meb.je...@gmail.com wrote: You even need sound_load=YES in the loader.conf. snd_via8234 pulls it upon loading. Yup, pathetic that I missed it, but that's what I was missing. Thanks everyone. I've added _load to the lines. Andy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Loading sound drivers
Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES However, these two modules do not load on bootup. Why? How do I fix this? Thanks, Andy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Loading sound drivers
af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES However, these two modules do not load on bootup. Why? How do I fix this? Thanks, Andy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org From man snd_via8233: Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): snd_via8233_load=YES ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Loading sound drivers
On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:47:15 + af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES The correct lines are sound_load=YES snd_via8233_load=YES Regards, -- Ky Anh, Huynh Homepage: http://viettug.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Loading sound drivers
kyanh wrote: On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:47:15 + af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES The correct lines are sound_load=YES snd_via8233_load=YES Regards, You even need sound_load=YES in the loader.conf. snd_via8234 pulls it upon loading. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Loading sound drivers
Ricardo Jesus wrote: kyanh wrote: On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:47:15 + af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES The correct lines are sound_load=YES snd_via8233_load=YES Regards, You even need sound_load=YES in the loader.conf. snd_via8234 pulls it upon loading. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org It should read *you don't even..* Oops ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: too many video drivers
Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by xf86-video-chips since i don't know what kind of chip that stands for. can someone tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! For the record, it is a driver for ChipsTechnologies graphics card. It's a brand that existed in the 90s of the previous century. They're long gone, and I'm certain you won't need the driver. I'm surprised that it still exists today in Xorg at all. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do. -- Dennis M. Ritchie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: too many video drivers
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 03:08:14PM -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: Hi, I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by xf86-video-chips since i don't know what kind of chip that stands for. can someone tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! TFC I've got an nvidia card and I've got these ticked: $ pkg_info | grep X | grep driver xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.2 X.Org keyboard input driver xf86-input-mouse-1.4.0_3 X.Org mouse input driver xf86-video-nv-2.1.12_2 X.Org nv display driver xf86-video-vesa-2.1.0 X.Org vesa display driver xorg-drivers-7.4X.org drivers meta-port # cd /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers; make config to set them. (My ports are a bit out of date BTW). You don't need the vesa driver either. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
too many video drivers
Hi, I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by xf86-video-chips since i don't know what kind of chip that stands for. can someone tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! TFC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: too many video drivers
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 03:08:14 pm Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by xf86-video-chips since i don't know what kind of chip that stands for. can someone tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! Obviously you should keep mouse, keyboard and whatever driver(s) you actually plan to use (nv in this case). It's also a good idea to keep vesa as a fallback option. I habitually also keep the dummy driver though I'm not sure what it's used for. Everything else is fair game and should be safe to remove. Chips is (or was) a video card vendor so if you don't have such a card it's safe to remove as well. JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: too many video drivers
Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: Hi, I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by xf86-video-chips since i don't know what kind of chip that stands for. can someone tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! TFC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Depending on what versions of things you use the nvidia-driver port and /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau may be replacements for the nv driver. Honestly I'm not really sure what the xf86-video-chips port does, but I don't think it's related to nvidia and is perhaps for older video chipsets. Something like pkg_cutleaves but you should be very careful using it. -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: too many video drivers
John Nielsen wrote: On Tuesday 31 March 2009 03:08:14 pm Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: I am rebuilding ports and realize that i have too many input/video drivers for x-win installed. i know i need nv driver since my graphic card is from nvidia, and i want to deinstall all others. but i am not sure if its safe to do so, e.g. i am confused by xf86-video-chips since i don't know what kind of chip that stands for. can someone tell me which are basics and which are safe to remove? thanks!! Obviously you should keep mouse, keyboard and whatever driver(s) you actually plan to use (nv in this case). It's also a good idea to keep vesa as a fallback option. I habitually also keep the dummy driver though I'm not sure what it's used for. Everything else is fair game and should be safe to remove. Chips is (or was) a video card vendor so if you don't have such a card it's safe to remove as well. JN ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org also, once you removed/kept what you want, don't forget to reinstall xorg-drivers port (meta-port). i think you get complains about missing dependencies otherwise. (rebuild xorg-drivers with just the drivers you want) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
