From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 19:01:09 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 1DC611065676 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:01:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C479F8FC28 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:01:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2IJ0e4A074150; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:41 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080318135755.0264f518@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:00:25 -0500 To: "Darren Spruell" From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <839aec700803181151s77b4b13dpd10b6f3f9518bcde@mail.gmail.co m> References: <839aec700803180958x1937a5b3l3d06815fa01f5960@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080318130409.02630e70@mail.computinginnovations.com> <839aec700803181151s77b4b13dpd10b6f3f9518bcde@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080318-0, 03/18/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 19:01:09 -0000 At 01:51 PM 3/18/2008, Darren Spruell wrote: >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 know which drivers support more than one monitor. > > 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? Never hurts to file a bug report. It seems to be in the nvidia older driver, I've not heard of the problem with the driver for the current cards. As an aside, you could always replace your video card for a newer one that is fully supported. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.