From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 7 20:13:38 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A668B10 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 20:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from avasout07.plus.net (avasout07.plus.net [84.93.230.235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "Bizanga Labs SMTP Client Certificate", Issuer "Bizanga Labs CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79B7DE99 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2015 20:13:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from curlew.milibyte.co.uk ([84.92.153.232]) by avasout07 with smtp id 0kDR1q002516WCc01kDSDn; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:13:26 +0000 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=J50k7WXS c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=lfSX4pPLp9EkufIcToJk/A==:117 a=lfSX4pPLp9EkufIcToJk/A==:17 a=D7rCoLxHAAAA:8 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=emO1SXQWCLwA:10 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=_hMyWwNRMBGca40ObvAA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=82-kyh_VXv8A:10 Received: from curlew.lan ([192.168.1.13]) by curlew.milibyte.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1YUL6B-0001mV-26 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:13:25 +0000 Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 20:13:22 +0000 From: Mike Clarke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20150307201322.52d041cd@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <20150307163942.GG34815@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> References: <20150307163942.GG34815@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.1.13 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on curlew.lan X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Subject: Re: Xorg problems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on curlew.milibyte.co.uk) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:13:38 -0000 On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 11:39:42 -0500 William Bulley wrote: > The latest nvidia-driver at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=nvidia-driver&stype=name > > is nvidia-driver-346.47 and this newer version does not support the > older graphics hardware in your Dell Inspiron laptop. If this does > not apply to your situation, then nevermind, but if it does apply > to you, then you need to downgrade nvidia-driver-346.47 to the > older nvidia-driver-340.76 which you can get (download) from the > NVIDIA download site. There's no need to download sources from nvidia. Earlier versions are available in ports, x11/nvidia-driver-304 and x11/nvidia-driver-340 and as binary packages. -- Mike Clarke