Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:45:11 -0800 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg-server-1.5.3 doesn; t work with nvidia driver: Undefined symbol "miZeroLineScreenIndex" Message-ID: <498CD997.3020800@rawbw.com> In-Reply-To: <20090206164529.2db3e6a2@sorrow.ashke.com> References: <498C97EF.7060609@rawbw.com> <20090206164529.2db3e6a2@sorrow.ashke.com>
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Adam K Kirchhoff wrote: > First of all, this thread suggests that it is possible to get the > nvidia driver working with xorg-server 1.5.3: > > http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=126815 > I learned from here that it only works in nvidia-driver-180.25 which isn't in the ports yet: "180.25 works perfectly. Thanks for getting something out so quickly, zander and co." > Second, if your estimate of "maybe half of all systems run nvidia" is > accurate, that's still "maybe half" of all systems that do not run > nvidia, and would likely benefit from an upgrade to xorg-server 1.5.3. > I know I do. > Benefit of one users shouldn't be sacrificed for the benefit of others. Why tens of thousands (?) of people all of the sudden should be figuring out how to work around this issue? > Third, if you use a binary only driver that has problems with an > updated x server, you are certainly not forced to upgrade. You > could have just as easily stayed with 1.4.* till nvidia fixed their > drivers (which, by most accounts, already work with xorg-server 1.5.3). > I do portupgrade periodically. I do not know what are he potential pitfalls of all the new versions that come with update. People who place new versions into CVS do. That's why only limited set of people can commit there. And they have to do testing I believe this system is sufficient as long as all parts work. But testing didn't work this time. Yuri
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