Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:18:53 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of XAA acceleration in X.org, and older NVIDIA GeForce Message-ID: <20141222201853.08bfcc64@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> In-Reply-To: <9f15ce6462062541cbaf3919ec420315@mailbox.ijs.si> References: <9f15ce6462062541cbaf3919ec420315@mailbox.ijs.si>
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:45:35 +0100 Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs= .si> wrote: > /usr/ports/UPDATING: >> 20141219: >> AFFECTS: users of x11/xorg and all xorg ports >> AUTHOR: dumbbell@FreeBSD.org >> The X.Org server (x11-servers/xorg-server) is updated to 1.14. >=20 > http://blogs.freebsdish.org/graphics/2014/11/19/xserver-1-14-update-ready/ >> Changes since xserver 1.12 >> The most visible change is the removal of XAA. This is a 2D=20 >> acceleration >> method which was deprecated some time ago, in favor of EXA or=20 >> Intel-specific=E2=80=99s >> UXA or SNA. For the end user, this means that some drivers=20 >> (xf86-video-*) >> are not supported anymore, mostly for older GPUs according to Phoronix. >> If you encounter this case, please let us know. >=20 > Ouch!!! Upgrading X -related ports went with no problems (FreeBSD 10.1), > but I didn't realize the outcome would be so terrible. Scrolling or > refreshing a full-screen page in a web browser now feels like in the > good old days of a 19200 bps line and a glass terminal. Even scrolling > or paging through plain text with 'less' or editor on a KDE konsole > or xterm feels sluggish. Certainly the size of the display does not > help in this regards (2560x1600). >=20 > The Xorg.0.log reports: > NV: Found NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT at 02@00:00:0 >=20 > Now I fear that upgrading ports on my other workstation > (GeForce 7600 GS) would lead to similar results. >=20 > I know these graphics boards are not the latest of breed > (the CPU and mb are still fairly decent). They were chosen for being > fan-less, and coping sufficiently well with 2D and text even on > largish displays. >=20 > So is my only choice now replacing graphics with heat- and noise- > sources I don't really need, or being stuck with frozen ports? > I wonder if I'm the only one in this situation. This card is still supported by x11/nvidia-driver-304
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