From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 24 12:18:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB1D51065672 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:18:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo202.cox.net (eastrmfepo202.cox.net [68.230.241.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778DD8FC26 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:18:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo210.cox.net ([68.230.241.225]) by eastrmfepo202.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111224121807.CCLB2803.eastrmfepo202.cox.net@eastrmimpo210.cox.net> for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:18:07 -0500 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.81.195]) by eastrmimpo210.cox.net with bizsmtp id D0J61i00G4Cqs6y020J61Q; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:18:07 -0500 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020205.4EF5C2FF.0020,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=BGJq+/N/CWNQOYfWmJoFYPveaJQrJUd9XhwdEp+IOvE= c=1 sm=1 a=jQCSbrVRUBUA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=DWqX+Kn1d6thaIR2xP2zPw==:17 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=_yTlal9XkpRJuqYs7QsA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=DWqX+Kn1d6thaIR2xP2zPw==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pBOCI6xc023273 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:18:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:18:01 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111224061801.78632996@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <87ehvugy0b.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> References: <20111223184142.2264e72e@cox.net> <87ehvugy0b.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-{driver, settings, xconfig}: why not the latest available version (290.10)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:18:13 -0000 On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:44:04 +0800 darcsis@gmail.com (Denise H. G.) wrote: > > On 2011/12/24 at 08:41, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Just wondering why the x11/nvidia-{driver,settings,xconfig} ports > > have yet to be updated to the latest version (290.10). Are there > > any known issues with any of these newer versions that would make > > such an upgrade ill-advised? > > > > FWIW, I've been running nvidia-driver version 290.10 since shortly > > after it was made available on the Nvidia site, and haven't run > > across any issues that can be directly attributed to the driver, at > > least, not to the best of my knowledge. > > 290.10 has some issues on text redrawing as far I experience. I have > also been running 290.10 for quite a while. Some apps, especially > emacs and gnome-terminal will fail redrawing text areas while, e.g. > scrolling. And x11 cursor cannot sometimes be displayed correctly. > > When I downgrade to 285.09.05, things seem to be OK. Hmm. I do see the occasional redraw error, but since I'm constantly fiddling with the latest bleeding-edge versions of things, including nearly all of the Xorg-related packages (many parts of which I have installed even later versions than those in the "official" FreeBSD xorg-dev project), as well as much of the area51 KDE, *and* FreeBSD 10-CURRENT, I couldn't say for sure whether these were entirely the fault of the nvidia driver or maybe the product of a combination of things. I may just back off to the earlier version and see what sort of a difference it makes. Thanks for the feedback. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net