On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:13:30 -0400 Michael Powell <[email protected]> wrote:
> The nv can easily be installed along with Xorg. The nvidia driver is > more complex as it relies on the linuxolator to function, so there is > a larger number of dependencies. I think that's misleading, AFAIK it's more a case that it can optionally support OpenGL for Linux binaries, in which case it acquires some Linux dependencies. > Sometimes with laptop built-in chips it can be difficult to get > things going because of a non-standard resolution requiring a > non-standard modeline. In such situations the nv xorg driver will > probably be easier to get going. The ultimate fallback is VESA mode, > but nobody wants that if it can be avoided. I've never had a problem with either, they both have their own configuration program to generate xorg.conf _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
