From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 23:30:52 2008 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 21CEF106564A for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:30:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martyn.hare@dephnet.com) Received: from server4.e-webhost.info (server4.e-webhost.info [85.234.142.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55B48FC13 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:30:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martyn.hare@dephnet.com) Received: from 88-107-198-161.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com ([88.107.198.161] helo=hp3700.daemonain) by server4.e-webhost.info with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Jf1YJ-0003iy-5T; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:30:35 +0000 From: Martyn Hare To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:30:48 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <839aec700803180958x1937a5b3l3d06815fa01f5960@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080318135755.0264f518@mail.computinginnovations.com> <839aec700803270938h7d0b0764lcfd3a37cafd90a00@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <839aec700803270938h7d0b0764lcfd3a37cafd90a00@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200803272330.48767.martyn.hare@dephnet.com> Cc: Darren Spruell Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 nvidia-driver woes 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: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:30:52 -0000 On Thursday 27 March 2008 16:38:20 Darren Spruell wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Derek Ragona > > wrote: > > Is it worthwhile to contact NVidia with bug reports? Does the FreeBSD > > community amount to much of a blip on their radar? Do we have a direct > > liaison in the community? > > Never hurts to file a bug report. It seems to be in the nvidia older > > driver, I've not heard of the problem with the driver for the current > > cards. > > Four days ago I emailed a problem report to > freebsd-gfx-bugs@nvidia.com. I haven't heard a peep back. The NVIDIA > support site is structured about like this: > > - If your NVIDIA card shipped with the computer direct from the OEM > manufacturer, it's not our problem. Contact [Dell,HP,Compaq,etc] for > resolution. > - If your NVIDIA card was purchased retail, it's not our problem. > Contact the card manufacturer [Gigabyte,MSI,etc.] for assistance. > > Does anyone know a contact in NVIDIA that would have any concern over > (driver, etc.) issues like this? Go to nvnews.net and moan a _lot_, NVIDIA staff notice things when people moan. Zander is an NVIDIA staffer and FreeBSD-lover on there he will likely help, he's very polite and seems to care for users and keep people reasonably up to date on things where he's allowed to. Hope this helps, Martyn Hare