Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:10:11 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video Card for FreeBSD 9.0 (RC2) AMD64 Message-ID: <20111214161011.6606cb26@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <201112141408.33231.matt@chronos.org.uk> References: <20111213222156.218250@gmx.com> <201112141408.33231.matt@chronos.org.uk>
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:08:31 +0000 Matt Dawson <matt@chronos.org.uk> wrote: > [1] I have three Radeon X850XT cards here which were, until the r600 > import, the fastest 3D cards supported by FreeBSD's DRI subsystem[2]. > While they worked, FSVO "work," the humble GF 210 wipes the floor with > them in terms of stability, ease of maintenance and functionality. > I have a GF 210 and Xorg gets a signal 11 and dumps core when I use nvidia-driver (with kern.sugid_coredump=1). Trying to debug the cause is basically impossible because nvidia_drv.so is a binary blob with no debugging symbols (stripped). Luckily, nv_drv.so works and so I can at least use the card with Xorg, even if performance isn't exactly stellar. -- Gary Jennejohn
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