Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:13:48 +0100 From: Juan =?iso-8859-1?b?UmFt824=?= Molina Menor <listjm@club-internet.fr> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, =?iso-8859-1?q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= <jean-sebastien.pedron@dumbbell.fr> Subject: [Call for testers] Update to xorg-server 1.14 Message-ID: <54880ECC.4070109@club-internet.fr>
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> On 07.12.2014 12:37, Juan Ramón Molina Menor wrote: >> The update is breaking compatibility with an AGP NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 >> XT (NV31) supported by the nvidia-driver-173 driver. See below: > > Quick update: the last version of the xserver 1.14 patch includes an > update to nvidia-driver* ports: > https://people.freebsd.org/~dumbbell/graphics/ports-xserver-1.14.patch > > This is untested because I don't have the hardware. NVIDIA owners, could > you please report if it works? Hi Jean-Sébastien. Yes, it works, I have reported it in Bugzilla. > With the xserver 1.14 update, nvidia-driver-71 and nvidia-driver-96 will > be removed because NVIDIA doesn't provide any update to support xserver > 1.13+. > > Also, please note that nvidia-driver-173 includes support for xserver > up-to 1.15 included. Therefore, it will be removed with the future > update to xserver 1.16+. I understand. Could you please explain if it would suffice to block future upgrades to xorg-server 1.16 to continue using the old driver? Thanks for the hard work! Juan
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