Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:10:39 -0400 From: Naram Qashat <cyberbotx@cyberbotx.com> To: Florent Thoumie <flz@xbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New nvidia driver will not install on 6-Stable system Message-ID: <4728E13F.3090208@cyberbotx.com> In-Reply-To: <4728CF2B.50504@xbsd.org> References: <20071031184844.6BF5A4500E@ptavv.es.net> <4728CF2B.50504@xbsd.org>
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I found the solution to this. It's not pretty, but I uninstalled the nvidia_driver using pkg_deinstall -f, reinstalled xorg-server to put libwfb.so back in place correctly, and then reinstalled nvidia-driver, and it installs fine. I wasn't sure if there was a better way to do it, but the only reason I had to do it like that was because libwfb.so was a symlink prior to the reinstall of nvidia-driver (and I assume the upgrade of xorg-server didn't replace the file because of the symlink) and reinstalling xorg-server after uninstalling nvidia-driver corrected the issue. Naram Qashat Florent Thoumie wrote: > Kevin Oberman wrote: >> When I try to update to the latest x11/nvidia-driver, it won't install >> due to an error when making the safety copy of libwfb.so. >> >> ===> Checking if x11/nvidia-driver already installed >> mv: rename /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so to >> /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/XXX-libwfb.so.%%.xorg-server-1.4_1,1: No >> such file or directory >> *** Error code 1 >> >> Any fix for this? >> >> If this driver brings the ABI up to 2.0 I will just force it. I always >> forget to enter the -- -ignoreABI the first time I log in in the morning > > It does bring the API up to 2.0. The error isn't too important, so > forcing it will be ok as long as you keep using the nvidia-driver as it > provides its own libnvidia-wfb.so. For some reason, libwfb.so isn't > installed on your system. It's provided by xorg-server. > > You're not the first person to report it, but I can't reproduce it here. >
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