From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 22 17:53:53 2007 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 D618016A417 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 981D713C448 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:53:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IZ9Aq-0005ru-US for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:53:49 +0100 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with SMTP id l8MHrmZJ014170 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:53:48 +0100 Received: (qmail 10221 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Sep 2007 17:53:43 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:53:43 +0100 To: Kiffin Gish Message-ID: <20070922175343.GA10176@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <000001c7fd17$270bfa40$6601a8c0@KGISH> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c7fd17$270bfa40$6601a8c0@KGISH> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:53:48 +0100 (BST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to downgrade from xorg-7.3 to xorg-7.2 ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:53:53 -0000 On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 02:50:25PM +0200, Kiffin Gish wrote: > > Hi there, > > Since I recently upgraded to xorg-7.3, I cannot use my laptop because nvidia > has not yet provided an upgraded driver. I've tried all the recommended > workarounds for tweaking the xorg.conf file but to no avail. > > My question then is: how can I safely downgrade back to xorg-7.2? > > Thanks a lot in advance! Have you tried the nv(4x) driver? Works fine with my nvidia card, although I believe it hasn't got some of the advanced features of the proprietary driver. It's in ports: x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv, if not installed. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html