Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:34:11 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+ Message-ID: <20110814063411.6ff8b776.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcNULg0KHc9T3Y70MtPnWUNLSJHDL7MqjAbcBvO6Bzebtg@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110814032206.49ad7062.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcOnmo8HN3j1=5F9Pcj1X_VLFjwwD8Fc6N_kL4pwuB_omw@mail.gmail.com> <20110814060115.25636903.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAJ5UdcNULg0KHc9T3Y70MtPnWUNLSJHDL7MqjAbcBvO6Bzebtg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:15:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I just > # cd /ports/x11-drivers/xf86-drivers-nouveau/ > # make install clean > > # Xorg -configure > tested the screen, then ran > # cp /root/xorg.conf.net /etc/X11/xorg.conf > # sed -i "" 's|nv|nouveau|g' /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > restarted machine and I have nouveau working fine. Nothing more? I mean kernel modules & stuff? > I had a problem when playing a movie with mplayer, the movie did not > fill the entire screen when I typed 'f' or used -fs options. I > corrected this by adding to > ~/.mplayer/config > > zoom="YES" > > and it worked :) An important feature, thanks for the clue! > I was going to try and get the kernel sources to > successfully install nvidia, but why go through that hassle if it is > now working like I wanted it to work. Mayvbe you can check the 3D abilities with the commands I mentioned. Meanwhile, I was a brave man and launched Firefox. Three seconds later the system froze. Furthermore, I've lost my ~/.sylpheed/accountrc and folderlist.xml which I had to restore manually. Lost: Indications which messages I already had replied to. So again, Gtk+ triggers the system freeze, independent of the driver used. Now can I say that the GPU must be faulty? And just in case I have to replace it (PCIe required), what brand of GPU should I buy instead? Again nVidia, or better ATI, or Intel? It's a hard decision because I don't want to get from one trouble into the next one... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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