Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-10-10 Thread Niklas Rosencrantz
I too enable twin or dualview BSD with GeForce 8600 GTS dualview preferrably liveboot no harddrive. dfly seems to really need harddrive while Linux easy is diskless. This liveboot gets twingraphics via dvi (very glossy compiz fusion): uname -a;df -h;pcimodules Linux localhost 2.6.27-desktop586-0.r

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-10-04 Thread elekktretterr
Hi Simon, Ive installed the nvidia driver on this box, following the instructions in the README. But when running startx I get NVIDIA: failed to set MTRR, at 0xd00 256MB (WC) Is this a problem? X seems to start normally. But no nvidia logo appears. Thanks, Petr

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-10-02 Thread elekktretterr
Excellent! Didnt know that, I was only going by the old repo. Monday I will be install DragonFly on the new workstation: nvidia 9800 with dual DVIs and 2x 21.5 inch HD displays :)

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-10-02 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
elekktrett...@exemail.com.au wrote: Is the current git repo still at: git://ww2.fs.ei.tum.de/~corecode/nvidia.git I looked at the doco and it still says to create static devs for nvidia. No, I will remove that. The correct repo is at http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/~corecode/nvidia.git or git

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-10-02 Thread elekktretterr
Is the current git repo still at: git://ww2.fs.ei.tum.de/~corecode/nvidia.git I looked at the doco and it still says to create static devs for nvidia. Thanks, Petr

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-10-02 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
elekktrett...@exemail.com.au wrote: Ok, but does the nvidia driver work with devfs? petr you asked this before. yes. -- <3 the future +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ rock the past +++ space for low CHF NOW!1 +++ Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-10-02 Thread elekktretterr
Ok, but does the nvidia driver work with devfs? petr

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-09-22 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
elekktrett...@exemail.com.au wrote: Is the nvidia wrapper up to date with the devfs work? It is not a wrapper, it is a port. Works on my office PC (some Nvidia quadro in there). cheers simon -- <3 the future +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ rock the past +++

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-09-22 Thread elekktretterr
Thanks, Is the nvidia wrapper up to date with the devfs work? Petr

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-09-22 Thread Hasso Tepper
elekktrett...@exemail.com.au wrote: > Im going to be setting up a new workstation with 2x 19inch LCD displays > using DVI. Which graphics card should I get that would work well in DF, > any ideas? In general any Intel (using ADD2 card) or dual DVI ATI card will do. From my personal experience (us

Re: Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-09-22 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
elekktrett...@exemail.com.au wrote: Im going to be setting up a new workstation with 2x 19inch LCD displays using DVI. Which graphics card should I get that would work well in DF, any ideas? nvidia, the binary driver works quite well. I do have problems when using more than 2GB of RAM though,

Which graphics card for dual display?

2009-09-22 Thread elekktretterr
Im going to be setting up a new workstation with 2x 19inch LCD displays using DVI. Which graphics card should I get that would work well in DF, any ideas? Petr