Any clues on nVidia GeForce 6100?

[Fred Cox]

--- Hans Nieser <h.nieser at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Fred Cox wrote:
> > I haven't been able to get my new work computer
> > (Gateway GT5228) to recognize the builtin
> graphics. 
> > I'm using FreeBSD 6.2-RC1, mostly due to the fact
> that
> > the ethernet wasn't recognized by 6.1.
> > 
> > The nv driver mentions many similar sounding
> chipsets,
> > but not 6100.
> > 
> > Thanks for any clues,
> 
> I'm not sure why nv would not recognise that, but
> the 'nvidia' driver 
> (/usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver) might also be worth a
> try

Unfortunately, it's marked as IGNORE for amd64.  My
web searching doesn't give an indication when nvidia
will release a 64 bit version.

> if you have no 
> objections to closed source drivers, that is. Else I
> suppose you could try 
> the 'vesa' driver but it has limited
> functionality/performance.
> 

Thanks, I'll try that.

On a tangent, my ALT keys don't work with, oddly
enough.

Fred



 
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