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Date:      Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:54:10 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, flz@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
Message-ID:  <44myvpz9u5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <pan.2007.09.14.04.49.58@sremick.net> (Scott I. Remick's message of "Fri\, 14 Sep 2007 04\:49\:58 %2B0000 \(UTC\)")
References:  <pan.2007.09.14.04.49.58@sremick.net>

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"Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> writes:

> Anyone tried the current nVidia-driver with the new X.org 7.3? I heard 
> that there was a general (non-FreeBSD-specific) incompatibility, but just 
> saw that 7.3 was now in the ports system.

It's broken.  Apparently the X.org drop uses a new ABI.  [Thanks for
the note; I wouldn't have fully tested my upgrade otherwise.]

I guess I'll be dropping back to the open-source "nv" driver for now.
Mssr. Thoumie: could you add a warning to the UPDATING entry?

 - Lowell



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