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zander
05-22-06, 12:44 PM
Release Highlights:
* Added support for new GPUs, such as QuadroFX 4500 X2, Quadro
FX 5500, Quadro FX 3500, and Quadro FX 1500.

* Improved Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI support.

* Fixed video memory reporting with GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache.

* Fixed a problem with Overlay support when in TwinView.

* Fixed several issues with mode selection for CRTs and DFPs.

* Fixed a corruption problem with Rotation and large desktops on
older GPUs, including GeForce4 MX.

* Fixed a system crash starting X with TwinView on certain GPUs.

* Addressed an NV-CONTROL compatibility issue; please see the
Known Issues section of the README for details.



The 1.0-8762 NVIDIA Accelerated FreeBSD Graphics Driver Set for FreeBSD/i386 is available for download via HTTP (http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-8762.html) and FTP (ftp://download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1.0-8762/).


If you are using FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE or a more recent FreeBSD 6.x release, please make sure that the compat5x package is installed.

Note that the gtk-2.x ports package(s) shipped with FreeBSD releases > 5.3-RELEASE are binary incompatible with those shipped with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE; due to this, the `nvidia-settings` binary shipped with 1.0-8756 will not work on FreeBSD > 5.3-RELEASE. This problem can be solved by (re-)building `nvidia-settings` from source:

# fetch ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings-1.0.tar.gz
# tar zxf nvidia-settings-1.0.tar.gz
# cd nvidia-settings-1.0
# gmake
# install nvidia-settings /usr/X11R6/bin


Please note: If you encounter any problems with the 1.0-8756 NVIDIA FreeBSD graphics driver release, please start a new thread and include a detailed description of the problem, reproduction steps and any relevant log files.

dirk5673
05-22-06, 08:14 PM
Woo Hoo!

Aaron VanAlstin
06-10-06, 09:16 PM
I downloaded it and it seems to be working fine although I haven't really pushed it. I'm trying to download the BRL-CAD port--that should push it.

bsduser
07-10-06, 01:29 PM
Greetings , i was wondering if anyone could tell me would this work on an dual opteron system srunning freebsd6.0 64 bit edition

raul_assis
07-13-06, 06:40 AM
What about the driver for the FreeBSD's amd64 platform ? We are waiting for almost 2 years for that driver.

zander
07-13-06, 07:29 AM
@raul_assis: please see: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=924928&postcount=172.