Re: nvidia experiences

[Cem Kayali <cemkayali%eticaret.com.tr@localhost>]

Hi,

* Can I stick with the Xfree86 included on the NetBSD install disk, or
should I use Xorg?

I suggest you to check supported chipsets. Native X11 would be better, 
but modular Xorg works almost perfectly too. Well, recent 8XXX and 9XXX 
chipsets have problem (even) with (modular Xorg) nv driver, and you may 
need to switch to vesa. Vesa works perfectly.

* Do you notice a major performance hit over the proprietary driver
(if you've used it)

I haven't tried.

* Can you still watch Flash videos / play Flash games or listen to
mp3s with no lag?

Well, see first answer. 


* What applications have you had trouble running?

Well, If you have already installed pkgsrc softwares and you switch to modular 
Xorg later, you may have problem, but you can fix it by pkg_rolling-replace 
(reinstalling softwares)


Regards,
Cem






Jesse Lehman wrote:
> Despite all my struggles to use other operating systems, I keep coming
> back to NetBSD.  It's so clean and simple.  I've decided that NetBSD
> is still worth using even without full NVIDIA support.  I have a
> pretty standard NVIDIA graphics card.  By now, I've realized that
> proprietary graphics accelleration with an NVIDIA card is simply not
> possible in NetBSD.  Fortunately, I don't use many graphics intensive
> applications.  So, I want to hear from anyone who uses the open source
> nv driver.  Here are a couple questions:
>
> * Can I stick with the Xfree86 included on the NetBSD install disk, or
> should I use Xorg?
> * Do you notice a major performance hit over the proprietary driver
> (if you've used it)
> * Can you still watch Flash videos / play Flash games or listen to
> mp3s with no lag?
> * What applications have you had trouble running?
>
> This didn't seem like a support request to me, so I sent it here.
> I'll be grateful for any tips my fellow NetBSD users can provide.
>
>