From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 16 16:28:13 2007 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 DE0C416A4EB for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:28:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FA5F13C45E for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:28:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IWwyf-0003wE-0G for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:28:09 +0100 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with SMTP id l8GGS83r027254 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:28:08 +0100 Received: (qmail 4466 invoked by uid 1001); 16 Sep 2007 16:28:03 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:28:03 +0100 To: Lowell Gilbert Message-ID: <20070916162803.GA4404@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <001a01c7f7e1$eb29b5b0$0201a8c0@home9ccad298d7> <44odg23hjq.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44odg23hjq.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:28:08 +0100 (BST) Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org, "E. J. Cerejo" Subject: Re: Xorg errs after updating ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:28:14 -0000 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