Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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). For some reason xdm is using /usr/local/share/examples/xdm/Xservers instead of /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers. From some other messages on the FreeBSD lists, this seems to be a known problem; but so far I can't see why it's happening to fix it. But with the -ignoreABI passed to the X executable in that file, everything works. I tried the documented IgnoreABI option in the xorg.conf file, but that didn't seem to have any effect at all. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
On Saturday 15 September 2007 14:56:17 Lowell Gilbert wrote: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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). For some reason xdm is using /usr/local/share/examples/xdm/Xservers instead of /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers. From some other messages on the FreeBSD lists, this seems to be a known problem; but so far I can't see why it's happening to fix it. But with the -ignoreABI passed to the X executable in that file, everything works. I tried the documented IgnoreABI option in the xorg.conf file, but that didn't seem to have any effect at all. I am using kdm and with adding Section ServerFlags Option IgnoreAbi on EndSection to my /etc/X11/xorg.conf now xorg starts fine. Except that linux-firefox won't start up now... -- Beni. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
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? - Lowell ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
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]
Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
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. Nvidia will be releasing a compatible driver shortly. -- Florent Thoumie [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD Committer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Florent Thoumie wrote: 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. As long as you're revising, it would be helpful to early installers if there is a note about the cyclic dependencies problem and how to fix it. Thanks! -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
