From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 18:51:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17B5A10656A3 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:51:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phatbuckett@gmail.com) Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com (rn-out-0910.google.com [64.233.170.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D56078FC26 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:51:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phatbuckett@gmail.com) Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id e11so24232rng.7 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:51:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Q1lnZhgZGx5qXzLrBmwdVNN5/JRS15EbbQhzENTPszY=; b=KwXMVSqMfeA9tIW4gIzqekXRkpss4kPkmJI9HXEOzLxt/VaM8JfHfk+y5i5uxPKOuARbxo7fzVAoRDYb9a6326FvEm2aqaSU9vPnYlyZ9Bc7Vq2/WCOTu0OBcQAtfxMktF6hTr+RUnz+0sscgl0I1v2CHP4tcNKc67BiyXvjQe0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IJy/jpteMfarxUYHOoGkubC97Mxdzoj9QyFTYDvwDetTP3iZf+G+npjQWg7V0z7ff/gSh/KLOwEPO3DhDWB/z6q7UofLeXucmur8VddowDPpg8ORCxUL+y6MWwDA3pbGBW4qo8c6dWWn9Q15jNB3hC5sFOcw2BysGVaHKECRhG8= Received: by 10.114.151.13 with SMTP id y13mr2167766wad.145.1205866282043; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:51:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.47.12 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:51:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <839aec700803181151s77b4b13dpd10b6f3f9518bcde@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:51:21 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" To: "Derek Ragona" In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080318130409.02630e70@mail.computinginnovations.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <839aec700803180958x1937a5b3l3d06815fa01f5960@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080318130409.02630e70@mail.computinginnovations.com> Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 nvidia-driver woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:51:25 -0000 On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Derek Ragona wrote: > > > At 11:58 AM 3/18/2008, Darren Spruell wrote: >> Xorg + nvidia-driver woes... > > I also have a server running FreeBSD 7.0 with xorg 7.3 and an older Nvidia > card. I first had trouble under 6.3 when I upgraded to xorg 7.3 from 7.1. > The nvidia driver seems to cause an interupt storm that paralyzes the > system. It doesn't freeze, but is so busy it is useless. > > It runs OK, not great, using the native xorg 7.3 driver which has no GL > support. Do you (anyone?) know if it is possible to use dual-monitor support in the X.org nv driver? I don't need 3D acceleration necessarily, but I've been of the impression that TwinView is needed for usable dual-monitor capabilities. Someone (I thought) had mentioned earlier that this driver didn't support Xinerama correctly (everything stretched across two monitors). > I don't have any idea what to do except wait for a new driver or xorg > release that might fix this. I notice it seems to be an unpopular sentiment in the FreeBSD community, but as a user I feel it's worth mentioning it's upsetting being at the mercy of a binary blob kernel driver. I've had pain from 6.3 also, and hoped that a clean installation of 7.0 might have brought some good changes. Not the case, it seems. Is it worthwhile to contact NVidia with bug reports? Does the FreeBSD community amount to much of a blip on their radar? Do we have a direct liaison in the community? -- Darren Spruell phatbuckett@gmail.com