From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Sep 16 17:54:40 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 29A0316A419
	for <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:54:40 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: from be-well.ilk.org (dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net
	[66.92.78.145])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC75D13C45B
	for <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:54:39 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: from Lowell-Desk.lan (Lowell-Desk.lan [172.30.250.6])
	by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF4528426;
	Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:54:36 -0400 (EDT)
Received: by Lowell-Desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147)
	id 2A40F1CC4B; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:54:36 -0400 (EDT)
To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org,
	  "E. J. Cerejo" <ecerejo@optonline.net>
References: <001a01c7f7e1$eb29b5b0$0201a8c0@home9ccad298d7>
	<44odg23hjq.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>
	<20070916162803.GA4404@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:54:36 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20070916162803.GA4404@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> (Frank
	Shute's message of "Sun\, 16 Sep 2007 17\:28\:03 +0100")
Message-ID: <44odg2h4wz.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Xorg errs after updating ports
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:54:40 -0000

"Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> writes:

> 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.

Hmm.  Yes, I think you're right.  Nonetheless, the workaround will be
the same until the xf86-video-nv port is rebuilt to the new X.Org ABI.