From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 14 03:11:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C213510656B3 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:11:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597E28FC16 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:11:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxe4 with SMTP id 4so3916335fxe.13 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:11:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=dDqT8rwPDRyTcLT88CbcHTcTujUI1mMKyNzD/89i7Hk=; b=H8G35mhIT8JJnWPLj3XYMfDPZFwQ0AyAVwGkXtaQyJw+3Rb6j0YBEsdE+zVSpPgBe6 1Xh7LiRQc5eEGZ8+CR/fSrE7WxmQhJU1+hiWVl9b9wSssDG09zLqPvvEa74uSZVqsp/C SKv+9rv4vyv5iMyy+naZFfOUEYeEOaJUsmx54= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.55.205 with SMTP id v13mr3466442fag.88.1313291492141; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:11:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.120.72 with HTTP; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:11:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110814032206.49ad7062.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20110814032206.49ad7062.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:11:32 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:11:33 -0000 On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Polytropon wrote: > Has anyone got the "nouveau" driver working, and if, > how precisely has he done so? > I used to have it working, but I think for various reasons it's being abandoned by FreeBSD x11 team. Not sure of exact current state but it's not worth pursuing. > > Is there an explaination of the lockups (always only > in relation to Gtk+ triggering it)? Does it indicate > a defective driver or a defective hardware? What do > you think? > Too soon to say. I always use the proprietary nvidia driver, and I've never had major issue from one installed from ports: /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver -- Adam Vande More