Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:20:39 +0100 From: Diego Depaoli <trebestie@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xorg disaster Message-ID: <83e5fb980902061420j777c6ce5ra643f27eaf20f5cd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <498C90F4.3030209@FreeBSD.org> References: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <498C90F4.3030209@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> 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
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