Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:51:21 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: "Derek Ragona" <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 nvidia-driver woes Message-ID: <839aec700803181151s77b4b13dpd10b6f3f9518bcde@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080318130409.02630e70@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <839aec700803180958x1937a5b3l3d06815fa01f5960@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080318130409.02630e70@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > > > At 11:58 AM 3/18/2008, Darren Spruell wrote: >> Xorg + nvidia-driver woes... > > I also have a server running FreeBSD 7.0 with xorg 7.3 and an older Nvidia > card. I first had trouble under 6.3 when I upgraded to xorg 7.3 from 7.1. > The nvidia driver seems to cause an interupt storm that paralyzes the > system. It doesn't freeze, but is so busy it is useless. > > It runs OK, not great, using the native xorg 7.3 driver which has no GL > support. Do you (anyone?) know if it is possible to use dual-monitor support in the X.org nv driver? I don't need 3D acceleration necessarily, but I've been of the impression that TwinView is needed for usable dual-monitor capabilities. Someone (I thought) had mentioned earlier that this driver didn't support Xinerama correctly (everything stretched across two monitors). > I don't have any idea what to do except wait for a new driver or xorg > release that might fix this. I notice it seems to be an unpopular sentiment in the FreeBSD community, but as a user I feel it's worth mentioning it's upsetting being at the mercy of a binary blob kernel driver. I've had pain from 6.3 also, and hoped that a clean installation of 7.0 might have brought some good changes. Not the case, it seems. Is it worthwhile to contact NVidia with bug reports? Does the FreeBSD community amount to much of a blip on their radar? Do we have a direct liaison in the community? -- Darren Spruell phatbuckett@gmail.com
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