From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 2 14:30:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F1041065673 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:30:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17D748FC08 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:30:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1KaWts-0005XP-Sk>; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:30:32 +0200 Received: from telesto.geoinf.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.86.198]) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1KaWts-0001MV-Rl>; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:30:32 +0200 Message-ID: <48BD4D84.4030209@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:28:20 +0000 From: "O. Hartmann" Organization: Freie =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Universit=E4t_Berlin?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andriy Gapon References: <48BD0C5A.4060706@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <48BD3FCC.2080506@kasimir.com> <48BD43DA.4010805@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <48BD46BB.9060407@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <48BD46BB.9060407@icyb.net.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 130.133.86.198 Cc: Florian Smeets , FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: nVidia driver update today: renders X11 unusable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:30:34 -0000 Andriy Gapon wrote: > Question to those having this problem - what kind of nVidia hardware do > you have? > Is that something that is based on G80 GPU or later (GeForce 8XXX or later)? > I see that there is already version 2.1.12 of nv driver (in xorg > repository) that is supposed to fix CPUToScreenColorExpandFill function > for G80 cards. > Well, the problems I have are related to a nv8600GTS based board, this is, as far as I know, a G8X-based graphics board. Nearly 3 months ago some weird behaviour started to be static on the same hardware, Xorg wasn't capable of resetting the terminal is was bound to and presented me funny blinking block graphics on the screen. The Xorg server could oly be revived remotelly by killing the Xorg or within a running session by killing the Xorg for logging off. This problem has gone with today's update, but now my box (nv8600GTS) and the one of a collegue is rendered unusable. My private box runs with a nv6800GT board and there Xorg freezes now very often and renders the box unusable, too. I'm very unpleased about the situation, because it is impossible to do reasonable work. How can I selectively 'downgrade' a port? Regards, Oliver P.S. Sorry about some weird formatting, I'm typing blind, I see 'censor black bars' all over my screen, even in Thunderbird, Firefox ...).