Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:06:54 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: How to downgrade from xorg-7.3 to xorg-7.2 ... Message-ID: <bef9a7920709221106t390e6e46p1df43cf5cab57af7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920709221106n2814b78ds249383f36d0e75df@mail.gmail.com> References: <000001c7fd17$270bfa40$6601a8c0@KGISH> <20070922175343.GA10176@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <bef9a7920709221106n2814b78ds249383f36d0e75df@mail.gmail.com>
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nv(4x) does not support all settups... for example it fails to recognize *ANY* card (pci/agp/pci-e) on a p-35 chipset On 9/22/07, Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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