From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 29 20:53:29 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23DC716A420 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:53:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com (dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com [68.99.120.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EC8443D78 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:53:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com) Received: from dns1 ([64.58.171.82]) by dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051129205327.HGHR6953.dukecmmtao02.coxmail.com@dns1>; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:53:27 -0500 From: Vizion To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:52:58 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <200511281206.57300.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200511291053.13919.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <200511292002.09257.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <200511292002.09257.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511291253.03997.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: RW Subject: Re: Upgrading to 60 question. 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, 29 Nov 2005 20:53:29 -0000 On Tuesday 29 November 2005 12:02, the author RW contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Upgrading to 60 question.: >On Tuesday 29 November 2005 18:53, Vizion wrote: >> On Tuesday 29 November 2005 07:16, the author RW contributed to the >> dialogue on- >> >> Re: Upgrading to 60 question.: >> >On Tuesday 29 November 2005 14:01, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> >> The ports will continue to work, but you should update them when you >> >> get a chance so that they link against the 6.0 libraries instead of >> >> the old ones. >> > >> >One exception is nvidia-driver, you must remove the driver from >> > loader.conf and rebuild against 6.0 before re-enabling it. >> >> Umph >> >> just checked loader.conf and the file is blank >> >> Man nv(4) refers to the nvidia driver - I am not certain where/how the >> driver is being loaded -- X must be using it! >> any ideas? > >nv is the open-source driver. It's nvidia's own driver (in the >x11/nvidia-driver port) that's causes a problem. >_______________________________________________ nvidia-driver and nvidia-setting are in /dev but I do not know where they are loaded from! Umph Any ideas? david -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing bound for Europe via Panama Canal after completing engineroom refit.