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Date:      Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:21:21 GMT
From:      Galen Sampson <galen.sampson@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/131186: Port x11/nvidia-driver-96xx should be marked broken for Xorg-server 1.5
Message-ID:  <200901310421.n0V4LLdK014020@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200901310430.n0V4U3uB014849@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         131186
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Port x11/nvidia-driver-96xx should be marked broken for Xorg-server 1.5
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 31 04:30:03 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Galen Sampson
>Release:        7.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD testbsd.corp.expertcity.com 7.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p2 #2: Wed Jan 14 13:52:52 PST 2009     root@testbsd.corp.expertcity.com:/home/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTBSD  i386
>Description:
The "legacy" nvidia driver (nvidia-driver-96xx) is not abi compatible with Xorg server 1.5.3.  There is a beta version for linux, but nothing for freebsd as far as I can tell.  I think this port should be marked broken when people try to use it in combination with Xorg 1.5.3
>How-To-Repeat:
Install xorg-server-1.5.3_2,1.  The driver will break.  Rebuild the nvidia-driver-96xx port, still broken.
>Fix:
There is no fix I know of.  It seems people are waiting on nvidia to release an abi compatible driver.  The work around is to use the Xorg "nv" driver instead of the nvidia driver.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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