Re: Geforce 2 Go, need some current info

On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 12:30, rob wrote:
> Well, I've got my Dell 8200.   I bought it with the Geforce 2 because
> XFree86 explicititely said that it worked with their 4.2.  But I
> understand that there are FreeBSD specific issues, ie. it doesn't work. 
> My screen starts up but turns into a psychedelic mixture of colors.
> 
> I checked back thru the questions, mobile, multimedia, and harware list
> archives and I came up with two web pages that might have a solution. 
> The first was nvidia.netexplore.org.  They have a patch that works with
> an Nvidia linux driver that unfortunately is no longer on the Nvidia
> page.  The second is www.marcuscom.com which has a patch to our nv
> server port.  

My site is still up, and still offers working patches for the GeForce2
Go as well as GeForce4 cards.  I'm using those drivers on my 8100, and I
have 24-bit color at 1600x1200.  Of course, with the native XFree
drivers, you don't get 3D acceleration.

> 
> I'm just wondering what the latest info is as all of what I've seen
> looks pretty old.  I'm going to try the patch agains the server today,
> though.

You shouldn't have any problems, but if you do, let me know.

Joe

> 
> BTW, this laptop kicks ass!  Kernel builds and port builds go faster
> than my 1200Mhz DDR main system.  Very nice.  
> 
> Thanks,  Rob
> 
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