Re: Should I jump into DFBSD?
Karthik Subramanian wrote: On Nov 9, 2007 7:33 AM, Sdävtaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So... I cant use 1024x768 and neither i can play sokoban :-( Someone knows about any workaround for the Nvidia driver? Thanks for any info. Sdäv Uh, I think kdegames *should* compile - I'm running vesa on an ATI Radeon Mobility X1300, and it works just fine. Don't see why it shouldn't work on an Nvidia card either - I did this around 6 months ago, but currently don't have the box to confirm that everything is in working order. Kdegames compiles, for some strange reason just not in pkgsrc. I haven't time to investigate it yet. KDE runs just fine in DragonFly and as KDE committer I hope to take care that it will stay so. About graphics cards support - you just have to look at Xorg drivers and forget about binary blobs. Intel chips (I use only these) have excellent support, for ATI and Nvidia cards 2d is working mostly, latest chips may not have support for all 2d accelerations (Xv, render). 3d hardware acceleration isn't working in DragonFly anyway at the moment. -- Hasso
Re: Should I jump into DFBSD?
On Thu, November 8, 2007 9:03 pm, Sdävtaker wrote: Justin C. Sherrill escribió: The NVIDIA binary driver only works on FreeBSD; I don't know about Wine. KDE should work, though I think kdegames doesn't compile. So... I cant use 1024x768 and neither i can play sokoban :-( Someone knows about any workaround for the Nvidia driver? As others pointed out, the nv or vesa drivers for xorg should work - it's just the binary driver from NVIDIA that's needed for 3D support. If you don't need 3D, you'll be fine. I was wrong about kdegames, too - I've just seen it not build in bulk builds. So, yeah, you should be fine as far as those go. I needed to be less terse.
Re: Should I jump into DFBSD?
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Justin C. Sherrill wrote: The NVIDIA binary driver only works on FreeBSD; I don't know about Wine. KDE should work, though I think kdegames doesn't compile. I don't use it myself, but what about the video driver for NVIDIA cards for the modular Xorg server in pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-nv and available as a DragonFly package. Jeremy C. Reed
Re: Should I jump into DFBSD?
On Thu, November 8, 2007 2:57 pm, Sdävtaker wrote: I got no money for new hardware so im wondering if i should restore a backup of that PC in the one running FBSD and install my Desktop applications or install all the services in the FBSD one. I really belive DFBSD is great running the services, but I'd never seen it running X, Kde, wine, etc... As example, Im wondering if there is a NVIDIA driver ported or if i can use the FBSD one maybe. The NVIDIA binary driver only works on FreeBSD; I don't know about Wine. KDE should work, though I think kdegames doesn't compile.
Should I jump into DFBSD?
Hello people. I got 2 PCs, one running DFBSD, and one runnning FBSD. I use the DFBSD to run all the services (apache, mysql, ftp, ssh, asterisk, etc...) and the FBSD one as desktop. Last week, the hardware of the one running DFBSD died :-( I got no money for new hardware so im wondering if i should restore a backup of that PC in the one running FBSD and install my Desktop applications or install all the services in the FBSD one. I really belive DFBSD is great running the services, but I'd never seen it running X, Kde, wine, etc... As example, Im wondering if there is a NVIDIA driver ported or if i can use the FBSD one maybe. What shold I do? Should I gather courage and jump 100% into DFBSD adventrures or may I wait a little more time? Thanks for any suggestion :-) Sdäv -- Sdävtaker prays to Rikku goddess for a good treasure.
Re: Should I jump into DFBSD?
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: I don't use it myself, but what about the video driver for NVIDIA cards for the modular Xorg server in pkgsrc/x11/xf86-video-nv and available as a DragonFly package. yes.. not using it here presently, but I'd think 'nv' or even 'vesa' would work for regular 2d bitmapped graphics.. 3D + GLX is another story Besides, if you're not running it, how will you find a way to kludge the driver to work ? :) reeally hope the ATI/AMD specs open soon as theyre supposed to..
Re: Should I jump into DFBSD?
Justin C. Sherrill escribió: The NVIDIA binary driver only works on FreeBSD; I don't know about Wine. KDE should work, though I think kdegames doesn't compile. So... I cant use 1024x768 and neither i can play sokoban :-( Someone knows about any workaround for the Nvidia driver? Thanks for any info. Sdäv
