From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 22:47:58 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41695106566C for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:47:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trebestie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f163.google.com (mail-bw0-f163.google.com [209.85.218.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C05A68FC1E for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:47:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trebestie@gmail.com) Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so172516bwz.19 for ; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:47:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KmgtM5Il2KPSyrbZcsV6mDFo4qgXDfU9M8s0H87SGpA=; b=v4euZo7ON3K72QRQmjmTkd6tCN2AFKscXSFfpaQgu3AXS2qpFXzkkr8Tltc12e0m1M bQAe+fVbccY7DSyy+VIysEqvVNCsu0KqGHB2jxfNmgP3vY99dAdlR0BieQLU2SGtaP8E RkRXQ/PQUUpVcybKVlwYGNfVzAMsNqI+HsMC0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=DIQkg5UZwLHsCXV3DxGgsx8qVHC263OseCBxl47lb/vj9Re43csQ39cxfRB9lX9Ttd LJdx4TwLivNKkR8Wg0KgztLCDyC5omcT2wxbA7KAZ/Hf9q77Ds6lTe0sYUMKZu80oMvx gh9ySH0QvKgig8O3/lVsh+Ce+B6ix8HtCzunQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.115.195 with SMTP id j3mr168408faq.99.1233958839375; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:20:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <498C90F4.3030209@FreeBSD.org> References: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <498C90F4.3030209@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:20:39 +0100 Message-ID: <83e5fb980902061420j777c6ce5ra643f27eaf20f5cd@mail.gmail.com> From: Diego Depaoli To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: Xorg disaster X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:47:58 -0000 On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > c. Use the new Xorg with the included nv driver instead of the nvidia > binary driver. > > I usually use the binary driver, but I recently upgraded to the new > Xorg and for a variety of reasons decided to try out the Xorg nv > driver and didn't have any problems. You're lucky. On my system (nvidia 8500GT card) only vesa driver works without issues. > FWIW, as a general course of action I find it useful to upgrade > _everything_ on the system (base, ports, etc.) first before doing the > nvidia driver, since the compiled parts are sensitive to changes in > the underlying source and headers. Done > > and you might also consider clearing out > /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg if it exists. Undone, I'll try Reagrds -- Diego Depaoli