Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:24:46 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3? Message-ID: <447imtz5n5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <46EA959C.5060206@xbsd.org> (Florent Thoumie's message of "Fri\, 14 Sep 2007 15\:07\:24 %2B0100") References: <pan.2007.09.14.04.49.58@sremick.net> <44myvpz9u5.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <46EA959C.5060206@xbsd.org>
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Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> writes: > 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. Having finally taken a minute to think about it, I'm fairly sure that putting that option into the command line in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers will have the same effect, for xdm. However, I won't have a chance to produce a full (tested) recipe until tomorrow (perhaps tonight). Be well.
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