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Date:      Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:28:03 +0100
From:      "Frank Shute" <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk>
To:        Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org, "E. J. Cerejo" <ecerejo@optonline.net>
Subject:   Re: Xorg errs after updating ports
Message-ID:  <20070916162803.GA4404@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <44odg23hjq.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>
References:  <001a01c7f7e1$eb29b5b0$0201a8c0@home9ccad298d7> <44odg23hjq.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan>

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On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:45:29AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
> Quoting from /usr/ports/UPDATING (which may itself have been updated
> after you did your ports download, so you may not yet have this advice
> on your hard disk):
> 
>   Users of nvidia-driver will have to make sure Composite extension is
>   turned off and start Xorg with the following command:
> 
>   $ startx -- -ignoreABI
> 
>   The -ignoreABI option is a Xorg option. If you're using gdm, kdm or
>   xdm, you will have to modify your configuration file so that Xorg
>   starts with this option.
> 
>   An updated nvidia-driver should be released soon.

I thought from the parent post that he was using the nv driver (the
free Xorg one: nv(4x)) and not the commercial one which I believe is
named nvidia in xorg.conf.

-- 

 Frank 

	
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