From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 06:37:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121151065683 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:37:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cmt@burggraben.net) Received: from smtp.burggraben.net (ns.haidundneu23.net [213.133.108.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC4748FC1B for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cmt@burggraben.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.burggraben.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B0768178; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:37:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Scanned: by amavisd-new at haidundneu23.net Received: from smtp.burggraben.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ns.haidundneu23.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id qVpLsi7B4GVO; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:37:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from reindeer.haidundneu23.net (vpn.astaro.de [213.144.15.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "reindeer.haidundneu23.net", Issuer "Christoph Moench-Tegeder" (verified OK)) by smtp.burggraben.net (Postfix) with ESMTP; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:37:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: by reindeer.haidundneu23.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5A3A511433; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:37:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:37:53 +0200 From: Christoph Moench-Tegeder To: "O. Hartmann" Message-ID: <20080903063753.GA2120@reindeer.haidundneu23.net> References: <48BD0C5A.4060706@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20080902151456.GA1593@elch.haidundneu23.net> <48BE28F7.7030500@zedat.fu-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48BE28F7.7030500@zedat.fu-berlin.de> X-PGP-Key: RSA/2048 0xB816EBBD X-PGP-Fingerprint: 89 2E 6D 05 95 B8 D7 1F 7C 1D C3 1E 95 A0 9B 5D X-GPG: supported User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia driver update today: renders X11 unusable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:37:57 -0000 ## 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