Re: FreeBSD 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200
Did you try xrandr? It should report multiple heads (run the command without arguments). You can then enable the second monitor using something like: xrandr --output DVI1 --auto xrandr only saw one head. *sigh* I just ordered a more modern nVidia card that is supported by the current driver. :) Tim Gustafson Baskin School of Engineering UC Santa Cruz t...@soe.ucsc.edu 831-459-5354 ___ 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: FreeBSD 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200
On Thursday 25 March 2010 04:14:09 Tim Gustafson wrote: My workstation runs FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE amd64. I have Xorg 1.6.5 and an nVidia GeForce 5200 dual head video card. Currently the first head of the card is operating well using the nv driver. I tried to compile the nvidia-driver port, but it tells me that I need nvidia-driver-173 because the 5200 chipset isn't supported by the current driver. When I go to compile nvidia-driver-173 it tells me that it is not supported under the amd64 architecture. I can't switch to an i386 kernel because I need the amd64 architecture to take advantage of all my RAM and also because I am using ZFS on this workstation, which more or less requires the amd64 architecture. So, I have two questions: 1. Is there any way to get the nvidia-driver-173 port to work with my amd64 OS? 2. Is there any way to get the second head of the 5200 video card to work using the nv driver? I tried adding a second device section to xorg.conf but the system errors out telling me that it tried to use conflicting hardware. I've attached both my xorg.conf and my Xorg.0.log file to this message. For dual head you need xrandr 1.2 I believe and I'm not sure the nv driver supports that for your card. You could check by running xrandr in a terminal window. It should list the different outputs of your graphics card. In my case: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 1280 VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) LVDS connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1280x800 60.0*+ 1280x720 59.9 1152x768 59.8 1024x768 60.0 59.9 800x60060.3 59.9 640x48059.9 59.4 S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) This means I have outputs VGA-0, LVDS and S-video. All you need in xorg.conf is a monitor section for each of these outputs with the Identifier string matching an output name. Section Monitor Identifier Ouput0 # set this to an output like VGA-0 VendorName NEC ModelName MultiSync LCD 195VX HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 63.0 Option DPMS EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Output1 # set this to an output like VGA-1 VendorName NEC ModelName MultiSync LCD 195VX HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 63.0 Option DPMS Option RightOf Output0# set this to an output like VGA-0 EndSection If the nv driver doesn't seem to support xrandr 1.2, you could give the nouveau driver a try. ___ 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: FreeBSD 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200
On Thursday 25 March 2010 04:14:09 Tim Gustafson wrote: 1. Is there any way to get the nvidia-driver-173 port to work with my amd64 OS? I'm afraid it's not possible. 2. Is there any way to get the second head of the 5200 video card to work using the nv driver? I tried adding a second device section to xorg.conf but the system errors out telling me that it tried to use conflicting hardware. I've attached both my xorg.conf and my Xorg.0.log file to this message. Did you try xrandr? It should report multiple heads (run the command without arguments). You can then enable the second monitor using something like: xrandr --output DVI1 --auto - Pieter ___ 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 8 / amd64 / Xorg / nvidia GeForce 5200
Hi, My workstation runs FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE amd64. I have Xorg 1.6.5 and an nVidia GeForce 5200 dual head video card. Currently the first head of the card is operating well using the nv driver. I tried to compile the nvidia-driver port, but it tells me that I need nvidia-driver-173 because the 5200 chipset isn't supported by the current driver. When I go to compile nvidia-driver-173 it tells me that it is not supported under the amd64 architecture. I can't switch to an i386 kernel because I need the amd64 architecture to take advantage of all my RAM and also because I am using ZFS on this workstation, which more or less requires the amd64 architecture. So, I have two questions: 1. Is there any way to get the nvidia-driver-173 port to work with my amd64 OS? 2. Is there any way to get the second head of the 5200 video card to work using the nv driver? I tried adding a second device section to xorg.conf but the system errors out telling me that it tried to use conflicting hardware. I've attached both my xorg.conf and my Xorg.0.log file to this message. Or am I stuck buying a newer card? Tim Gustafson Baskin School of Engineering UC Santa Cruz t...@soe.ucsc.edu 831-459-5354 xorg.conf.2010-03-24 Description: Binary data ___ 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
