Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:28:03 +0100 From: "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org, "E. J. Cerejo" <ecerejo@optonline.net> Subject: Re: Xorg errs after updating ports Message-ID: <20070916162803.GA4404@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <44odg23hjq.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> References: <001a01c7f7e1$eb29b5b0$0201a8c0@home9ccad298d7> <44odg23hjq.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>
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On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:45:29AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Quoting from /usr/ports/UPDATING (which may itself have been updated > after you did your ports download, so you may not yet have this advice > on your hard disk): > > Users of nvidia-driver will have to make sure Composite extension is > turned off and start Xorg with the following command: > > $ startx -- -ignoreABI > > The -ignoreABI option is a Xorg option. If you're using gdm, kdm or > xdm, you will have to modify your configuration file so that Xorg > starts with this option. > > An updated nvidia-driver should be released soon. I thought from the parent post that he was using the nv driver (the free Xorg one: nv(4x)) and not the commercial one which I believe is named nvidia in xorg.conf. -- Frank Contact info: http://www.esperance-linux.co.uk/misc/contact.html
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