Date: 10 Dec 2004 10:20:51 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why would a -pX release cause problems? Message-ID: <44acsmrxgs.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200412100437.iBA4bXtw066999@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200412100437.iBA4bXtw066999@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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Tuc <tuc@ttsg.com> writes: > I did a little more investigation of the problem with nVidia on > 5.2.1-RELEASE-pX where X is higher than 4....... > > It turns out that after hand applying patches, once I apply the > "msync5.patch" that was p9, my nVidia X starts to have problems and lock up. > Once I back this out, the machine operates properly. I also ran into problems > where programs were coreing on Signal 6's.... SSH became useless, perl would > fall over randomly, etc. > > This patch was all of 6 new lines, one changed line, but I can swap > back and forth and know that this will cause my machine to misbehave/crash. > > Is there any way to start talking to someone to figure out what the > cause is and maybe have a change done? You're hand-applying patches on a "technology preview" version of the base system. You could try talking to NVidia, but if you just want things to work on FreeBSD and you're not a programmer, I'd really recommend that you upgrade to FreeBSD 5.3 and install the NVidia driver from the ports collection. At least as a start.
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