From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 19:35:21 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 488FE106575E for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:35:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx22.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD408FC2A for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:35:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 3412 invoked by uid 399); 6 Feb 2009 19:35:15 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.19?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 6 Feb 2009 19:35:15 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <498C90F4.3030209@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:35:16 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lars Eighner References: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 19:35:22 -0000 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. c. Use the new Xorg with the included nv driver instead of the nvidia binary driver. I usually use the binary driver, but I recently upgraded to the new Xorg and for a variety of reasons decided to try out the Xorg nv driver and didn't have any problems. FWIW, as a general course of action I find it useful to upgrade _everything_ on the system (base, ports, etc.) first before doing the nvidia driver, since the compiled parts are sensitive to changes in the underlying source and headers. Also, make sure that you have followed the instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING, and you might also consider clearing out /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg if it exists. hth, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection