j79zlr said:
Funny, I'd go with neither
Glaanie, you just need to fix [most likely] the hor. and vert. refresh rates in XF86Config on BSD, don't give up, BSD is the best.
So I've noticed
The problems I had last time when I installed BSD, was because the installation asked me how to configure the XFree86 modules. I chose visual mode, thinking that would be the simplest. It was not, because the default values where out of sync with my monitor. I neer got it to work again, so I formatted and used it as a secundairy disk in Windows XP.
Now that I have actually read what the installation says (rather than pressing ok blindly), I now chose for the ncurses mode in the X configuring, so I could continue the installation
And thanks to the great howto j79zlr provided I also upgraded all packages and my kernel to the latest versions
I think I'll stick with FreeBSD for a while.
Oh wait, I have one other problem:
I have installed the latest GL compatible nVidia drivers, but when loading the nvidia driver, I get this error when starting X:
Chipset "GeForce2 MX 100/200" in Device section "Card0" isn't valid for this driver.
WHY!?! GF2 MX 200 (what I have) is supported, according to the device compatibility list in the readme. When I load the "nv" driver, instead of the "nvidia" (faulty) driver, everything works as normal. The only lines in XF86Config I have changed are the driver from "nv" to "nvidia", removed the "load "dri"" line and added "Load "glx"" line in the modules section. I haven't visited yet the nVidia helper page and I haven't quite read the FAQ, but maybe someone knows the answer.