Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:15:03 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+ Message-ID: <20110816141503.16603a52@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <20110814054942.5e08fb77.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110814032206.49ad7062.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110814025520.GA75595@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20110814052211.02213877.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108132132480.78948@wonkity.com> <20110814054942.5e08fb77.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:49:42 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > Meanwhile, I got the "nvidia" driver compiled, installed > and running. Tests like > > % xlock -nolock -mode lament > > or > > % xlock -nolock -mode fire > > show the FPS rate I've expected (no comparison to the 3 > fps I got with "nv"). In "gears" there are > 5000 FPS, > that's _magnitudes_ better than with "nv". Yes, the driver performs quite admirably. :-) No more gnashing my teeth in envy of others with true hardware-accelerated drivers. > But my text font in Sylpheed as well as the one used in > intclock is not a bit damaged (just chose a different one > in Sylpheed so I can see what I'm currently typing). > > The next thing I have to try is triggering the system > freeze by using any Gtk+ application. :-) > > I'd like to point out that the nvidia driver comes with > nice documentation: /usr/local/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README > contains lots of great stuff. The html version is even nicer to work with: file:///usr/local/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/index.html -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net
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