Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:37:53 +0200 From: Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt@burggraben.net> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia driver update today: renders X11 unusable Message-ID: <20080903063753.GA2120@reindeer.haidundneu23.net> In-Reply-To: <48BE28F7.7030500@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <48BD0C5A.4060706@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <g9j493$35f$1@ger.gmane.org> <20080902151456.GA1593@elch.haidundneu23.net> <48BE28F7.7030500@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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## O. Hartmann (ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de): > > Seems you've got an issue between X and firefox3; at least there's > > a note in the firefox3 release notes which desribes similar effects: > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411831 > > Oh, but by the way, it's not an nvidia/nv issue; I've got the exactly > > same issues with radeonhd... Luckily, I do not depend that much on > > web browsers, let alone firefox3. > The issue of X with firefox is well known and be aured I'm aware of > that. This issue I complained about is with nearly every client I use > under X - and that includes Firefox. This 'issue' renders a bunch of > FreeBSD boxes around here unusable, only those with non-G80 derived > graphics boards seem to be not infected by the problem, but every box > with FreeBSD (mostly 7.0/7.1). Ah, that explains why I'm having only the usual firefox issue, obviously my laptop's "Quadro NVS 140M" is not a G80-derived chip (nautilus, gimp, gnumeric do wirk fine without black bars). The first mails read as if all nvidia boards were affected. Regards, Christoph -- Spare Space
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