whither pow() ?

2008-05-03 Thread Ben Calvert
I'm sure i'm doing something really basic and stupid here, but i can't seem to use pow() from math.h ??? ben:1$ cat test_pow.c #include math.h int main() { double temp; temp = pow( 2.0, 3.0 ); return 1; } ben:2$ cc test_pow.c /tmp//ccy24322.o(.text+0x31): In function `main': :

Re: whither pow() ?

2008-05-03 Thread Richard Toohey
On 3/05/2008, at 6:18 PM, Ben Calvert wrote: I'm sure i'm doing something really basic and stupid here, but i can't seem to use pow() from math.h ??? ben:2$ cc test_pow.c /tmp//ccy24322.o(.text+0x31): In function `main': : undefined reference to `pow' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Re: whither pow() ?

2008-05-03 Thread Richard Toohey
On 3/05/2008, at 6:21 PM, Richard Toohey wrote: On 3/05/2008, at 6:18 PM, Ben Calvert wrote: I'm sure i'm doing something really basic and stupid here, but i can't seem to use pow() from math.h ??? ben:2$ cc test_pow.c /tmp//ccy24322.o(.text+0x31): In function `main': : undefined reference

4.3-stable locks when doing shutdown during X session

2008-05-03 Thread Ivo van der Sangen
Hello, After upgrading my Thinkpad t42 to 4.3-stable I noticed that while I was logged in through XDM and I run shutdown -hp now the screen turns black and the system doesn't halt properly. After rebooting the root filesystem has to be checked for errors, so this clearly is a bad halt. OpenBSD

ncurses.h and stddef.h conflicts?

2008-05-03 Thread achillean surtri
Hi, While compiling Finch/ Pidgin on a recently-installed i386 4.3 OpenBSD system, I encountered an issue where it gave me the following error: /usr/include/ncurses.h:251: error: conflicting types for `wchar_t' /usr/include/stddef.h:54: error: previous declaration of `wchar_t'

Re: upgrade 4.2 (i386) - 4.3 (amd64)

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
2008/5/2 Marten Rizwan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello misc@, I could obviously do a clean install, but it would take little more effort to complete. It is probably true the other way around... -- This e-mail may be confidential. You may not copy, forward, distribute, or, use any part of it. If

Re: 4.3-stable locks when doing shutdown during X session

2008-05-03 Thread Tobias Ulmer
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:04:53PM +0200, Ivo van der Sangen wrote: Hello, After upgrading my Thinkpad t42 to 4.3-stable I noticed that while I was logged in through XDM and I run shutdown -hp now the screen turns black and the system doesn't halt properly. After rebooting the root

Re: How to HIDE OpenBSD as user-agent?

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
2008/4/30 macintoshzoom [EMAIL PROTECTED]: # block nmap OS detection scans somewhat (-O) block in quick proto tcp flags FUP/WEUAPRSF block in quick proto tcp flags WEUAPRSF/WEUAPRSF block in quick proto tcp flags SRAFU/WEUAPRSF block in quick proto tcp flags /WEUAPRSF block in quick

Re: OpenBSD 4.3 released May 1, 2008

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
My little YouTube summary: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTcnzgseaQ Mhuahuahuahauha... ha...

Re: OpenBSD 4.3 released May 1, 2008

2008-05-03 Thread Brad Walker
On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 21:41 +1000, Sunnz wrote: My little YouTube summary: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uPTcnzgseaQ Mhuahuahuahauha... ha... Ugh... youtube? Brad Walker

Re: whither pow() ?

2008-05-03 Thread Ben Calvert
On May 3, 2008, at 12:56 AM, Richard Toohey wrote: On 3/05/2008, at 6:21 PM, Richard Toohey wrote: $ cc -lm test_pow.c $ ok, this fixes it. i'll attempt to understand it when more awake. Thanks! Ben

DLINK DFE530T as INTEL PRO/1000 MT Subtitution?

2008-05-03 Thread Insan Praja SW
Hi Misc@, Today I find a very difficult situation, I cannot find any shop in Indonesia that have stocks on single port intel PRO/1000MT PCI NICs. So I had to make a decision, replace this NICs with something more available and that would be Dlink DFE530T NIC, which I had no experience on

Re: acpidock status

2008-05-03 Thread Owain Ainsworth
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:54:05AM +0200, Alexander Hall wrote: Hi! What is the status of acpidock(4)? From source-changes@ etc I cannot tell if it's considered usable or highly experimental. Still the latter, unfortunately. I just got my ultrabase X6 but the kernel panics both on live

Re: 4.3-stable locks when doing shutdown during X session

2008-05-03 Thread Ivo van der Sangen
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 01:29:11PM +0200, Tobias Ulmer wrote: On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:04:53PM +0200, Ivo van der Sangen wrote: Hello, After upgrading my Thinkpad t42 to 4.3-stable I noticed that while I was logged in through XDM and I run shutdown -hp now the screen turns black and

Can not install packages: Missing c.43.0 and pthread.so.9.0 in /usr/lib

2008-05-03 Thread Zoong PHAM
After a fresh install of OBSD-4.3 x86 from the CD image downloaded from ftp.openbsd.org, I could not install many packages from few FTP sites, including ftp.openbsd.org. The error message was about c.43.0 and pthread.so.9.0 in /usr/lib. I did not see any files with c.43.0 and pthread.so.9.0 in

Re: Can not install packages: Missing c.43.0 and pthread.so.9.0 in /usr/lib

2008-05-03 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:40:30PM +1100, Zoong PHAM wrote: After a fresh install of OBSD-4.3 x86 from the CD image downloaded from ftp.openbsd.org, I could not install many packages from few FTP sites, including ftp.openbsd.org. The error message was about c.43.0 and pthread.so.9.0 in

Re: azalia problem on 4.2-release: loud tone

2008-05-03 Thread Walter Bürger
Hi, I have exactly the same problem as Jacob Yocom-Piatt. The loud tone is a constant high-frequency tone, covering all other output. I can't stand it much longer than two or three minutes. My system: OpenBSD 4.3-current GENERIC.MP i386 azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 Intel 82801GB HD Audio

Re: OpenBSD 4.3 released May 1, 2008

2008-05-03 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
Alexander Bluhm, Alexander von Gernler, Alexandre Anriot, Alexandre Ratchov, Anders Magnusson, Antoine Jacoutot, Artur Grabowski, Austin Hook, Bernd Ahlers, Bob Beck, Brad Smith, Bret Lambert, Can Erkin Acar, Chad Loder, Charles Longeau, Chris Kuethe, Christian Weisgerber,

Re: acpidock status

2008-05-03 Thread Alexander Hall
Owain Ainsworth wrote: On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:54:05AM +0200, Alexander Hall wrote: Hi! What is the status of acpidock(4)? From source-changes@ etc I cannot tell if it's considered usable or highly experimental. Still the latter, unfortunately. Ok. Would bug reports be useful or is it

Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
I am just wondering if the NV driver for nVidia cards are supposed to be slow, for just the desktop? That is, no 3D. I am currently running Xfce Desktop on 4.2-release, just surfing the web and stuff, nothing heavy... and Desktop switching, maximising windows, and stuff takes unusually long

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 08:48:48PM +1000, Sunnz wrote: I am just wondering if the NV driver for nVidia cards are supposed to be slow, for just the desktop? That is, no 3D. I am currently running Xfce Desktop on 4.2-release, just surfing the web and stuff, nothing heavy... and Desktop

4.2, ppp problem

2008-05-03 Thread mike.merinov
Hello there. I have a ppp(oe) problem under openbsd 4.2 (with 009_ppp.patch patch applied). I have router under openbsd, which connects to the ISP through adsl modem (with pppoe). ppp starts with option -ddial, which means that it would reconnect if the link drops down. But it seems it

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
2008/5/4 Jacob Meuser [EMAIL PROTECTED]: well, WHICH nVidia card? don't you think that might matter? any clues in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log? the following machine uses the nv driver, and I don't see what you describe under either blackbox or kde. Well I am suspecting it is a

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
Ok I am using blackbox instead of xfwm4 now... still running on Xfce but no more delays in anything. :) -- This e-mail may be confidential. You may not copy, forward, distribute, or, use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it from your system and notify the

Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim. -- Thanks, Jordi Espasa Clofent

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Manuel Wildauer
vim :) LG Manuel On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:56:33PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:56:33PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim. I asked

Re: upgrade 4.2 (i386) - 4.3 (amd64)

2008-05-03 Thread Marten Rizwan
Stuart, I appreciate your insight. In the end I went for a full backup and a clean install. Thanks Original Message From: Sunnz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apparently from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marten Rizwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade 4.2 (i386) - 4.3

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread bofh
Real men use ed. On 5/3/08, Jordi Espasa Clofent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim. --

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Miod Vallat
Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim. The developers are known to use vi variants (nvi, vim) and emacs variants (mg,

Re: How to HIDE OpenBSD as user-agent?

2008-05-03 Thread Alexander Schrijver
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 09:38:01PM +1000, Sunnz wrote: 2008/4/30 macintoshzoom [EMAIL PROTECTED]: # block nmap OS detection scans somewhat (-O) block in quick proto tcp flags FUP/WEUAPRSF block in quick proto tcp flags WEUAPRSF/WEUAPRSF block in quick proto tcp flags

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Gilles Chehade
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:56:33PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim. I am a

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Pierre Riteau
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:56:33PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim. --

Re: How to HIDE OpenBSD as user-agent?

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
2008/5/4 Alexander Schrijver [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think unplugging the network cable(s) would be more secure. What if the OP is on wireless? (Using WEP too! :O). I suggest they have the block all rules anyway, just to be safe... ya know, in case of a thunder storm, kids may not want to go

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Alexander Schrijver
Real men use butterflies. On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:15:19PM -0400, bofh wrote: Real men use ed. On 5/3/08, Jordi Espasa Clofent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Robert C Wittig
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim. vi/vim. I use it for most of my editing tasks, not

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Andreas Maus
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:15:19PM -0400, bofh wrote: Real men use ed. No. REAL programmers use ... http://xkcd.com/378/ Sorry, couldn't resist ;) Andreas. -- Windows 95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Mark Mathias
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Alexander Schrijver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Real men use butterflies. On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:15:19PM -0400, bofh wrote: Real men use ed. On 5/3/08, Jordi Espasa Clofent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but

source/destination nat pf, user space filtering pf

2008-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I have got the following situation: - wan nic: 192.168.0.2/24 - router 192.168.0.1 - vpn nic: 192.168.1.2/24 - router 192.168.1.1 - lan nic: 192.168.2.1/24 - client 192.168.2.99 The default route goes to 192.168.0.1. What I want is to leave the default route and nat the traffic just

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Marco Peereboom
vim of course! the emacs people are weird :-) On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:56:33PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD

4.2, ppp problem

2008-05-03 Thread Alexey Suslikov
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a ppp(oe) problem under openbsd 4.2 (with 009_ppp.patch patch applied). You probably should try in-kernel pppoe instead of doing things in user-land. See man 4 pppoe for details. - Alexey.

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Marco Peereboom
Yes. NVIDIA refuses to make a useful open source driver. It is barely functional and it generally sucks really really bad. Stay away from NVIDIA when doing open source. On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 08:48:48PM +1000, Sunnz wrote: I am just wondering if the NV driver for nVidia cards are supposed to

Re: -current and rthreads

2008-05-03 Thread Ted Unangst
On 5/2/08, Philip Guenther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Since the feedback on the patch has petered out, I suppose I should break it into logical chunks and send them to the tech list for piece-wise consideration.) My fault, as usual. If you'd do that, I'll try to get them reviewed and

Re: package tools misbehaving

2008-05-03 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Toni, Toni Mueller wrote on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 05:56:14PM +0200: On Mon, 04.02.2008 at 01:03:13 +0100, Ingo Schwarze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you request a non-existant package, printing an error message and exiting is OK imho. it would be better to not be offered non-existing

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Nenhum_de_Nos
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Marco Peereboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. NVIDIA refuses to make a useful open source driver. It is barely functional and it generally sucks really really bad. Stay away from NVIDIA when doing open source. by any means this is criticism, just for

Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread debian developer
Hello, Let me make a few things clear. I am a newbie. I'm not a troll but a seriously curious guy wanting to know. I searched google but could not find any clear explanation. Please point me in the right direction if this has been discussed before. Please spare me the flames and do not reply if

Re: Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread Ted Unangst
On 5/3/08, debian developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. BSD license is completely free. No one needs to give back changes forcibly(the GPL way), hence this is completely free. If what i hear is correct, there are companies(Microsoft) which take BSD code (network stack i hear) and made

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Adam Jacob Muller
On May 3, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Marco Peereboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. NVIDIA refuses to make a useful open source driver. It is barely functional and it generally sucks really really bad. Stay away from NVIDIA when doing open

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On 13:51:58 May 03, Robert C Wittig wrote: vi/vim. I use it for most of my editing tasks, not just writing C code. I use vim since it enhances my coding speed in a big way. As to KNF I guess it is just a habit that I want to inculcate for all my C coding. Right now it is voluntary and

Re: Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread Steve Shockley
debian developer wrote: Let me make a few things clear. I am a newbie. I'm not a troll but a seriously curious guy wanting to know. That's what all the trolls say. If what i hear is correct, there are companies(Microsoft) which take BSD code (network stack i hear) and made it

Re: Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:38:13AM +0530, debian developer wrote: Hello, Let me make a few things clear. I am a newbie. I'm not a troll but a seriously curious guy wanting to know. I searched google but could not find any clear explanation. Please point me in the right direction if this has

Re: Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread bofh
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM, bofh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But today, my linux boxes at work can authenticate using kerberos. This is a big win for me. That is - authenticate to AD using kerberos. Sorry for any confusion. -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift

Re: Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread bofh
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Jacob Meuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:38:13AM +0530, debian developer wrote: I have a few questions(no, not which license is better.:): It all depends on what you want to do. At the very basic level, the GPL gives freedom to the end

Re: source/destination nat pf, user space filtering pf

2008-05-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have got the following situation: - wan nic: 192.168.0.2/24 - router 192.168.0.1 - vpn nic: 192.168.1.2/24 - router 192.168.1.1 - lan nic: 192.168.2.1/24 - client 192.168.2.99 The default route goes to 192.168.0.1. What I want is to leave the default route

Re: Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread raven
Jacob Meuser ha scritto: On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:38:13AM +0530, debian developer wrote: Hello, [snip] the question is, how is porting free software to non-free platforms ok, but providing easier ways to install non-free software on free platforms wrong? With 2 doubleclick you

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Marco Peereboom
Just a few days ago I answered this question. Simply look for it. On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:47:57PM -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Marco Peereboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. NVIDIA refuses to make a useful open source driver. It is barely functional and

Re: Doubt about license

2008-05-03 Thread Jussi Peltola
Hi, On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 03:38:13AM +0530, debian developer wrote: 1. BSD license is completely free. No one needs to give back changes forcibly(the GPL way), hence this is completely free. If what i hear is correct, there are companies(Microsoft) which take BSD code (network stack i

Re: whither pow() ?

2008-05-03 Thread Woodchuck
On Sat, 3 May 2008, Ben Calvert wrote: On May 3, 2008, at 12:56 AM, Richard Toohey wrote: On 3/05/2008, at 6:21 PM, Richard Toohey wrote: $ cc -lm test_pow.c $ ok, this fixes it. i'll attempt to understand it when more awake. Thanks! It has been this way since dinosaurs roamed

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Owain Ainsworth
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:56:33PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment I use vim.

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:15:19PM -0400, bofh wrote: Real men use ed. No, real men get it right the first time and don't need to edit, they just use echo or something. :) Doug.

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 03:48:36PM -0600, Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez wrote: Real men use.whatever editor is comfortable for them. Vi, vim, emacs, xwpe, anjuta, kdevelop, joe, ed, etcused by a stupid guy does not produce quality code at all. So...try all and choose the most comfortable

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread bofh
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 02:15:19PM -0400, bofh wrote: Real men use ed. No, real men get it right the first time and don't need to edit, they just use echo or something. Hush now, or I'll make you use teco! :) --

Re: the snapshots way

2008-05-03 Thread Nick Holland
Mihai Popescu B.S. wrote: Hello, Since the applications packages are not updated anymore for -release / -stable I decided to follow the snapshots. I know that this way is for experienced users and I'm not as good as a developer but I need to stay with this. The FAQ is not so rich in

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Stephan Andre'
On Saturday 03 May 2008 21:20:29 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 03:48:36PM -0600, Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez wrote: Real men use.whatever editor is comfortable for them. Vi, vim, emacs, xwpe, anjuta, kdevelop, joe, ed, etcused by a stupid guy does not produce quality

Re: Editing C with...

2008-05-03 Thread Nick Holland
Owain Ainsworth wrote: On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 07:56:33PM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: Yes, I know, it's completely a dumb question; but I'm curious about it. I'm just learning C applied in networking area and I wonder what editor is preferred by OpenBSD developers. At present moment

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Nenhum_de_Nos
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Marco Peereboom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a few days ago I answered this question. Simply look for it. if you could tell me the email subject. I've looked for every mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the misc (from gmail's search options) and found none nvidia

Re: Upgrade 4.1-4.2-4.3

2008-05-03 Thread Damon McMahon
Oops I sent this to Nick and not the list... On 28/04/2008, at 1:39 AM, Nick Holland wrote: Damon McMahon wrote: Greetings, Can anyone enlighten me as to why DHCP clients are no longer retrieving their domain name from my OpenBSD DHCP/DNS server which I recently upgraded from 4.1 to 4.3 via

Re: Is NV supposed to be SLOW?

2008-05-03 Thread Sunnz
2008/5/4 Marco Peereboom [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes. NVIDIA refuses to make a useful open source driver. It is barely functional and it generally sucks really really bad. Stay away from NVIDIA when doing open source. Yes I know about this binary blob. Even FreeBSD users are forced to use i386