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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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