nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Fri Sep 14 08:31:01 PDT 2007
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Florent Thoumie wrote:
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>> "Scott I. Remick" <scott at sremick.net> 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
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