From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 02:47:59 2009 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 4C3DC1065672 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:47:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f17.google.com (mail-fx0-f17.google.com [209.85.220.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A79ED8FC18 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:47:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kitchetech@gmail.com) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so896271fxm.19 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:47:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=HEbcXyy3BqsmbGIJLi7ZbyYTmeZET4mGGf7vv1OzZAY=; b=MssW+385uRhMgfKpEBgLidYvZqhlx5rDKu7vFvWV4tw4Zu18NhAiM2e3Bp6npXe9gF H4dVauSsKIohAPizq6Yf/PrcwDjeuiIteS89ZQ09YXWP8VoGeXoZehRUNopCYW9/AaX3 wcvI0dpDowI0qKbTz1onkxphQ+1xhWMTf2FK0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ve6j0FGyv1grmpZwAV6+ENqFyEguJwkHX5J3g4u0YNQA2Bco7YOMEuHRQrCLAveg3N UDPD/e0MNXa1jtun6Z5KCqUvg/EOaeDfy+kHkAdsu6zRqo0RG7m3pkZFOuuh7z7zjsQe t5IwsY8usF/2fkIF4oSvn3nZELj9GLpGHZBME= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.233.15 with SMTP id f15mr396134bkh.188.1233888476418; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:47:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:47:56 -0500 Message-ID: <28283d910902051847m383d13b0v13c2fea711e292bc@mail.gmail.com> From: matt donovan To: Lars Eighner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: Xorg disaster 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: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:47:59 -0000 On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > > > Xorg upgrade (gory details follow) went south. I must have a working > graphics browser by Monday. This is pretty much *vital*, as in a matter of > survival. > > What is the fastest and/or surest way to get a platform that will run > firefox or opera? > > a. try to get my nvidia hardware to work with a generic (vesa or vga) > driver? > b. try to downgrade Xorg to something that worked. > > Hints on either course would be appreciated. > > What happened: upgraded system from 7.1 prerelease to 7.1 release p2. > > cvsupped the ports tree. Upgraded Xorg and nvidia-driver (after upgrading > perl and everything portupgrade -fr perl5.8 will upgrade (as the script > failed miserably). This was after 20090124 when the mouse problem was > supposed to be fixed. > > What happens: first there is something undefined in nvidia's libwfb > so I changed the symbolic link to point to Xorg's version of the lib. > That message went away, but there are tons of "Generic Event Extension" > missing messages and no mouse --- what is more the accessibility keypad > mouse thing doesn't work at all. > > I can't pay my bills and I can't get to another computer to use someone > else's browser to do it. > > -- > Lars Eighner > http://www.larseighner.com/index.html > 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I've had issues with nvidia driver not hooking into the kernel on 7.1. but Generic Event Extension problem is in /usr/ports/UPDATING the xorg server does not have that entension yet but will be in the next version.