From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 8 23:08:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2751106566B; Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:08:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF818FC1B; Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:08:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f40so1409901fka.11 for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:08:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3nT/qvKj6SSCEJ40/N7aUWiIAzXk0T8dpixAmvCizD0=; b=sPzzgZdxEqNUgcG2SLgUkfMBIDhSmfOBaJZRwmWZHofw8LFAZtKqE284MHcYC2EEPy Wq2L/2wDNNlhwEh1Qews/iANvk0e1A/E839ZjdLZkT3ZsAEsgwzTk5go16Mk57eKuhVO gHlFEBOiRFtR5VdbVPC78Klzae220dremQNxo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=o1saTtRLkFbJWR95sWjjietiU2OCEcVX3zNzhDk6wSAltvYNQ/AhpNTgob9nhTRiya IYQ+Tph+x90vUM/FZykcipxZy1ZeYnNzZhWkOnuo2LZyNEeqgwr3IlTQvhxKFydz1ppy WxvlAm+PRDFFt+2ThBNstMT1ajhjjjE1XlGIA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.231.17 with SMTP id d17mr68558bkh.37.1234134509955; Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:08:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83e5fb980902061420j777c6ce5ra643f27eaf20f5cd@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <498C90F4.3030209@FreeBSD.org> <83e5fb980902061420j777c6ce5ra643f27eaf20f5cd@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:08:29 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0902081508o102d8f9bmca336b41cddd52a3@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Diego Depaoli Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Doug Barton , freebsd-ports Subject: Re: Xorg disaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:08:32 -0000 On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Diego Depaoli wrote: > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> c. Use the new Xorg with the included nv driver instead of the nvidia >> binary driver. >> >> I usually use the binary driver, but I recently upgraded to the new >> Xorg and for a variety of reasons decided to try out the Xorg nv >> driver and didn't have any problems. > You're lucky. On my system (nvidia 8500GT card) only vesa driver works > without issues. > >> FWIW, as a general course of action I find it useful to upgrade >> _everything_ on the system (base, ports, etc.) first before doing the >> nvidia driver, since the compiled parts are sensitive to changes in >> the underlying source and headers. > Done >> >> and you might also consider clearing out >> /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg if it exists. > Undone, I'll try I updated nvidia-driver to the latest version, and submitted a patch, but ran into issues with graphics/mesa-demos (until recently when someone fixed the build CFLAGS -- rnoland?). It's MUCH better than the current ports version. They fixed a driver regression, so my displays no longer seize up with high CPU usage while compiling and no longer freeze after playing movies with mplayer. I have an 8800GTS with dual Xinerama setup connected to 2 monitors, one running at 1920x1600 and the other monitor at 1680x1050. See: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/130976 for the patch (and please vote so we can get the bloody thing in ports already!). Thanks, -Garrett