Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:46:49 +0200 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade xorg 7.2 breaks legacy nvidia 1.0-9631 driver ... Message-ID: <4673A379.7090002@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <000201c7aff0$fdcc6070$6601a8c0@KGISH> References: <000201c7aff0$fdcc6070$6601a8c0@KGISH>
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Kiffin Gish wrote: > After I upgraded to xorg 7.2, I cannot get things to work anymore with my > legacy nvidia 1.0-9631 driver (I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop). > > Originally, I downloaded the FreeBSD legacy driver from the official nvidia > website and installed it under the then current X11BASE=/usr/X11R6. > Everything worked just fine. > > Until the upgrade to xorg 7.2, that is. > > As instructed in the upgrade instructions, I changed ModulePath to > "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules" in xorg.conf, which I suspect is the root of > my problems, since the original working driver has remained installed in the > old X11BASE. > > I've tried to install the driver from the nvidia-driver-9631 ports > directory, but after struggling forever with all kinds of errors, I gave up > and figured the best approach would be to somehow use my current setup, > possibly copying and or linking to the right place. > > Should I just reinstall the driver, but which X11BASE? How to remove the > original files without messing up my system even more? > > But I am not sure where to begin. Are there any kind folks out there who can > give me a hand? > > Thanks alot in advance. > Start with reading /usr/ports/UPDATING
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