Re: X11, Nvidia, Geforce 2 Go, Dell Inspiron 8000

Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:33:11PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 16:45, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> > > I did another try to get XFree86-4 in 1600x1200 working on
> > > my Dell Inspiron 8000 with Geforce 2 Go Nvidia.
> > >
> > > I chose to use the XFree-4 nv driver patch and not the
> > > Linux driver from the Nvidia site. Maybe I will do it as a
> > > next step after I have discussed the following points:
> > >
> > >
> > > 1. I did a make patch,
> > >    untared nv.tar.gz in /usr/ports/x11-servers/XFree-4-server/work
> > >    and built / installed the thing. With a sample XF86Config
> > >    I was amazed to see the 1600x1200 screen with twm windows
> > >    populated when doing a startx first time.
> > >
> > > 2. I could not get my touchpad or attached PS/2 mouse
> > >    working. What is the trick?
> >
> > The sample XF86Config at http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/XF86Config
> > works on my 8100 for my trackpad and my eraser head.  Make sure you have
> > moused running on the system first, and that your protocol in your
> > XF86Config is set to Auto.
> >
> > I run moused with the -3 flag out of rc.conf.
> 
> Ah, thanks. Forgot about moused .
> 
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> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [email protected]
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I was looking at the latest Dells. Isn't the 8000 the one that has up to
2Ghz mobile P4 + DDR memory?  I'm wondering if this is a good choice for
FreeBSD?  Thanks,  Rob.


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