Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:35:58 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11 <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>, czander@nvidia.com, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FYI: x11/nvidia-driver no longer nvidia provided Xorg libraries Message-ID: <1235381758.2224.55.camel@strangepork.mintel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0902220531l4a35106kfe67253ebaa7f112@mail.gmail.com> References: <7d6fde3d0902220531l4a35106kfe67253ebaa7f112@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 05:31 -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Hi Chris, porters, and x11, > This is a note that our version of x11/nvidia-driver available in > ports no longer loads with the current provided plist due to ABI > incompatibility between the nvidia provided Xorg X11 libraries and the > vanilla libraries. Not using the nvidia provided libraries loads up > X11 at least; however, trying to use the vanilla X11 libraries with my > system also causes issues after 10~30 minutes of use with my 8800GTS > and dual-head / Xinerama enabled. Something's livelocking the kernel > somewhere, so even if I do CTRL-ALT-Backspace, and provide further > input my console doesn't respond, and I'm forced to warm boot my > system. > Thus I've reverted to the nv / nouveau drivers for the time being. > Thanks, > -Garrett See http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=313562+0 +archive/2009/freebsd-x11/20090208.freebsd-x11 Cheers Tom
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