Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 05:57:00 -0500 (CDT) From: none <noone@siu.edu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup 06/05/2003 breaks nvidia driver Message-ID: <20030606055436.E1047@freebsd2.localnet10> In-Reply-To: <200306052356.h55NuZNL000364@freebsd2.localnet10> References: <200306052356.h55NuZNL000364@freebsd2.localnet10>
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After having installed 5.1-RC1, the nvidia driver, and named, are back in full operation. Yeah! On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 jimd_NOSPAM@siu.edu wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion about recompiling the nvidia driver, but I do after > each kernel compile and install, so that isn't the answer, though not a bad > idea. Recompiles of both the Linux-nvidia-port and the standalone-nvidia > driver failed, so I am in the process, now, of backing out of everything that > was updated. > > Are there any suggestions for better diagnosing of the problem? > > > On 5 Jun, Scott Long wrote: > > jimd_NOSPAM@siu.edu wrote: > >> I am not on my 5.1-BETA2 system right now, so I don't have any useful > >> details, but after CVSuping /usr/src early 05/06/2003 (after midnight), then > >> build world and recompiling and installing "my" kernel, the nvidia driver > >> "checks out" when X is loaded with a failure to initialize the driver. > >> > >> The system in question has run 5.1-BETA1 and earlier 5.1-BETA2 code before > >> without any nvidia driver problem. > >> > >> In the meantime, any suggestions on how to provide useful information, other > >> than just the XFree86.0.log file, would be helpful. I have used both of the > >> "native" nvidia driver and the ports-linux version (once), but tend to stay > >> with the "native" version (1.0-3203). > > > > There was yet another ABI change recently that affected the nvidia > > driver. The only thing to do is just recompile that driver. > > > > Scott > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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