Florent Thoumie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> "Scott I. Remick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Anyone tried the current nVidia-driver with the new X.org 7.3? I >>> heard that there was a general (non-FreeBSD-specific) >>> incompatibility, but just saw that 7.3 was now in the ports system. >> >> It's broken. Apparently the X.org drop uses a new ABI. [Thanks for >> the note; I wouldn't have fully tested my upgrade otherwise.] >> >> I guess I'll be dropping back to the open-source "nv" driver for now. >> Mssr. Thoumie: could you add a warning to the UPDATING entry? > > Thanks for reminding me, will do in a second. > > You have to make sure the Composite extension is disabled and start > Xorg with startx -- -ignoreABI.
Having finally taken a minute to think about it, I'm fairly sure that putting that option into the command line in /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers will have the same effect, for xdm. However, I won't have a chance to produce a full (tested) recipe until tomorrow (perhaps tonight). Be well. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
