Commercial graphics drivers for 5.x ??

[Nick Tonkin]

On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 08:47:37 +0000, Robert Downes 
<nullentropy at lineone.net> wrote:

> Nick Tonkin wrote:
>
>> Andrew, thanks for the pointer. The XFree86 nv driver is what I have 
>> been using. I'm going to try to install and use Nvidia's own one.
>
>
> Really? I'm using a GeForce 2 MX 400 (64Mb) RAM, and I get an excellent 
> picture with a Philips 109P2 monitor, using the nv driver for X.
>
> Given that you've been using FreeBSD since 2.x, this question is going 
> to be insulting, but...
>
> Have you specified everything you can in the XF86Config file? Monitor 
> rates, monitor measurements, etc? Seems strange that the same graphics 
> chip could give such different performance.

Not insulting. I've used FreeBSD almost exclusively as a server platform, 
not as a desktop. The main reason is that I've always found it to be less 
user-friendly than running a thin Windoze client on top of a FreeBSD 
server via ssh or whatnot. Out of my constant desire to completely dump 
Microsoft I periodically try to set up a FBSD desktop (have done for 
years) and always have given up in frustration sooner or later. Given a 
new major version of the OS plus new versions of X and KDE, I thought I'd 
try it again (plus Windoze screwed me again, eating another desktop). The 
results have been mixed.

As to my XF86Config: I did whatever was minimally necessary to get it 
working, using one of the configuration tools (I think I found it 
confusing that both FBSD and KDE have tools for the same thing. Same with 
printing.) I am now going to delve into XF86Config and see what I can 
improve.

Thanks,
- nick

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