From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 19:15:17 2011 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 B99071065672 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:15:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo202.cox.net (eastrmfepo202.cox.net [68.230.241.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5318C8FC08 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:15:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmfepo202.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110816191511.EYXX32466.eastrmfepo202.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:15:11 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.83.25]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id M7FA1h0010YnB6A027FAb4; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:15:11 -0400 X-CT-Class: Bulk X-CT-Score: 5.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A02020B.4E4AC1BF.0068,ss=3,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=L18tZtgXvCjggtrPsn7EqxywmDwdeqj6Yva+6kM3mdg= c=1 sm=1 a=0Ag1IRbOQu0A:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=2vO5UZG1h46htWAnE/rx2g==:17 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=hXRAdqycEkY_Rc9alTIA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=jKRid43F7UoA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=2vO5UZG1h46htWAnE/rx2g==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from serene.no-ip.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p7GJF8X9003219; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:15:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:15:03 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110816141503.16603a52@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <20110814054942.5e08fb77.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110814032206.49ad7062.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110814025520.GA75595@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20110814052211.02213877.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110814054942.5e08fb77.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.5; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Polytropon Subject: Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+ 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: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:15:17 -0000 On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:49:42 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > Meanwhile, I got the "nvidia" driver compiled, installed > and running. Tests like > > % xlock -nolock -mode lament > > or > > % xlock -nolock -mode fire > > show the FPS rate I've expected (no comparison to the 3 > fps I got with "nv"). In "gears" there are > 5000 FPS, > that's _magnitudes_ better than with "nv". Yes, the driver performs quite admirably. :-) No more gnashing my teeth in envy of others with true hardware-accelerated drivers. > But my text font in Sylpheed as well as the one used in > intclock is not a bit damaged (just chose a different one > in Sylpheed so I can see what I'm currently typing). > > The next thing I have to try is triggering the system > freeze by using any Gtk+ application. :-) > > I'd like to point out that the nvidia driver comes with > nice documentation: /usr/local/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README > contains lots of great stuff. The html version is even nicer to work with: file:///usr/local/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/index.html -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net