Nvidia Driver

[Adam Stroud]

Thanks for the enlightnement.  I have already rebuilt the driver with
the changes that I need.  My system will now longer boot, but that is
another issue.  Thank you for your help.

A

On 7/15/05, Ian Moore <no-spam at swiftdsl.com.au> wrote:
> On Friday 15 July 2005 20:59, Adam Stroud wrote:
> >
> > On 7/15/05, Ian Moore <no-spam at swiftdsl.com.au> wrote:
> > > On Friday 15 July 2005 12:37, Adam Stroud wrote:
> > > > All:
> > > >
> > > > I am having a problem getting my nvidia video card to work since I
> > > > portupgraded to the latest nvidia driver in the port.  I had
> > > > everything working find using many of the old verions.  Then I
> > > > upgraded to the latest version and now when I attempt tp startx, I
> > > > get:
> > > >
> 
> > >
> > > What card do you have - nvidia have dropped support for older chipsets -
> > > take a look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for details.
> > > That might be the cause of your problem.
> 
> > I am using the GeForce2 GTS
> 
> There's your problem then, it's not supported by the new drivers according to
> the list at http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html
> 
> Look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for instructions on how to keep the older driver
> on your system.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Ian
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