Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:00:18 -0500 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Experimental X.org ports updated to 7.2-RC3 Message-ID: <457DF112.3080102@voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <457C4D3E.9000903@FreeBSD.org> References: <457AAFB6.6030501@FreeBSD.org> <457C188A.30401@voicenet.com> <1165766993.62527.4.camel@scroll.ashke.com> <457C4D3E.9000903@FreeBSD.org>
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Florent Thoumie wrote: > Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > >> On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 09:24 -0500, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: >> >>> Florent Thoumie wrote: >>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> Yesterday (or was it two days ago) I updated X.org experimental ports in >>>> the git repository to 7.2.r3. I had some time yesterday to run-test them >>>> and everything seems fine except two things: >>>> >>>> - type1 dynamic module has a missing symbol so it won't load properly. >>>> - beryl doesn't seem to work with recent xorg-server/mesa/glproto (this >>>> may only affect intel users though). >>>> >>>> The Beryl Project should release 0.1.3 soon and that will (possibly) >>>> address this issue. >>>> >>>> Anyway, I will be busy this weekend so don't expect a fix/update before >>>> monday. >>>> >>>> Cheers. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> FYI, >>> >>> I pulled the latest -CURRENT code on Friday (the 8th), rebuilt world >>> and kernel, installed it all, and then did a portupgrade yesterday. I'm >>> now running 7.2 RC3. Unfortunately, this bug is still showing up: >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/106370 >>> >> Unfortunately, when I threw my nVidia card in and installed the driver >> from ports, I experienced a whole new set of issues. I symlinked the >> driver and glx module to the new locations and started X (with >> gnome-session in my .xinitrc file). After a few seconds, the mouse >> cursor disappeared and X locked up. I rebooted (from a serial terminal) >> and tried again with fvwm2. That actually launched without problems. I >> started glxgears and it ran. I quit glxgears by hitting escape. Except >> that it never returned me to a prompt at the terminal and the process >> hung (though the glxgears window did go away). After a few seconds, the >> entire system crashed (which also happens if I try to start another GL >> application). I've tried with version 9629, as well, but encountered the >> same problem. >> >> Version 8776 works fine, though. >> > > I guess such reports should be made on nVidia FreeBSD forum [1]. > > [1] http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=47 > I've added my comments to a thread where others have posted problems with the driver under -CURRENT. On a somewhat related note... It appears that the driver (at least all the versions I've tried so far) is not at all supported on -CURRENT at all. Is it wise to let users install it on -CURRENT through the ports tree in that case? Adam
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