Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:20:39 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: davidb@boothscientific.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 freezes with nvidia card Message-ID: <4770A137.4070600@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <200712242343.34495.davidb@boothscientific.com> References: <47706D1C.5010201@math.missouri.edu> <200712242343.34495.davidb@boothscientific.com>
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David Booth wrote: > On Monday 24 December 2007, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: >> I have a Dell D800 Latitude laptop. If I use FreeBSD 7.0, and xorg >> with the nv driver, when I exit X, sometimes it simply freezes. I >> tried it with the vesa driver. and the problem didn't seem to >> happen, but the vesa driver is unable to get the 1680x1050 >> resolution of my monitor. >> >> I sent a similar message a while back because I thought the ndis >> driver was also involved. But I have since disabled ndis. >> (However when ndis is on, the problem is worse.) >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Stephen >> _______________________________________________ > > Have you tried the Nvidia driver from ports/x11? It works well for me > on my Dell I8600. That is what I was originally using. But that also froze. I switched to nv in hopes that the problem would go away.
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