Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:07:24 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3? Message-ID: <46EA959C.5060206@xbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <44myvpz9u5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <pan.2007.09.14.04.49.58@sremick.net> <44myvpz9u5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> writes: > >> Anyone tried the current nVidia-driver with the new X.org 7.3? I heard >> that there was a general (non-FreeBSD-specific) incompatibility, but just >> saw that 7.3 was now in the ports system. > > It's broken. Apparently the X.org drop uses a new ABI. [Thanks for > the note; I wouldn't have fully tested my upgrade otherwise.] > > I guess I'll be dropping back to the open-source "nv" driver for now. > Mssr. Thoumie: could you add a warning to the UPDATING entry? Thanks for reminding me, will do in a second. You have to make sure the Composite extension is disabled and start Xorg with startx -- -ignoreABI. Nvidia will be releasing a compatible driver shortly. -- Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer
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