From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 13 13:32:35 2009 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 75C9A1065670 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:32:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-yw0-f172.google.com (mail-yw0-f172.google.com [209.85.211.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA948FC18 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:32:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh2 with SMTP id 2so2314795ywh.27 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:32:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.75.32 with SMTP id x32mr1547228ana.121.1260711153848; Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:32:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi.localnet ([187.78.109.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm1258465ywg.4.2009.12.13.05.32.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:32:32 -0800 (PST) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:31:29 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (FreeBSD/8.0-STABLE; KDE/4.3.3; amd64; ; ) References: <20091210144141.GB834@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <200912122209.30186.lobo@bsd.com.br> <4B244716.3090505@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <4B244716.3090505@lazlarlyricon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912131031.29126.lobo@bsd.com.br> Cc: Rolf G Nielsen Subject: Re: Nvidia amd64 driver (WAS: Root exploit for FreeBSD ) 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: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:32:35 -0000 On Saturday 12 December 2009 22:44:54 Rolf G Nielsen wrote: > Mario Lobo wrote: > > On Saturday 12 December 2009 21:23:00 Rolf Nielsen wrote: > >> Where's that? The Nvidia site says nothing about it yet, and the > >> makefile for x11/nvidia-driver still says ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=i386. I'm > >> eagerly waiting for it, but I can't find anything other than a forum > >> post (I don't have the address handy at this computer, but I know it's > >> somewhere in the mailing list archive) from Zander at Nvidia corporation > >> saying it's on its way. > > > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=142120 > > Thanks Mario and George. Just installed it and rebooted now. :D You're welcome Rolf! The driver DOES rock, doesn't it? How is it working for you? any instabilities? I am having some issues with virtualbox and KDE4. KDE has 2 options for composite: OpenGL and xRender I have composite enabled with openGl. If any vbox guest (winedows actually) has 3d acceleration enabled, the host freezes completely. only the reset button works ! I have to completely disable 3d accel on the Win guests. But if composite is done with Xrender, the 3d accel on the guests doesn't freeze the host, but I loose a lot of performance, smoothness and most of the desktop effects on KDE. I followed the advice on http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=58498 to enable HPET and that seemed to improve things on this issue but I still have to keep 3d disabled Other than that, EVERYTHING else works perfectly. nVidia is much superior than my onboard radeon HD 3300, which I unceremoniously dumped for a GeForce 9800 GT. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99,7% winfoes FREE)