FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT/Xorg 7.2: nv driver without OpenGL?

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On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:58:07 +0000
"O. Hartmann" <ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

> Hello List.
> I run into a problems after upgrading a box from FreeBSD
> 6.2-STABLE/i386 with Xorg 7.2 to FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT/i386 with Xorg
> 7.2.
> 
> Stellarium 0.8.2 as taken from the ports is frequently used by my 
> department to produce some scenic pictures and Stellarium ran quite
> well on my box on FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE and Xorg 7.2. After changing OS
> to FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT/i386 and recompiling everything Stellarium
> quits working immediately after startup with this error message:
> 
>   -------------------------------------------------------
> [ This is Stellarium 0.8.2 - http://www.stellarium.org ]
> [ Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Fabien Chereau et al         ]
>   -------------------------------------------------------
> Warning: Couldn't set 1024x768 video mode (X11 driver not configured 
> with OpenGL), retrying with stencil size 0
> Error: Couldn't set 1024x768 video mode: X11 driver not configured
> with OpenGL!
> 
> This happens with every resolution I try to start the application.
> 
> I checked the nv-X-driver for my nVidia graphics board and realized
> it isn't built with OpebGL support anymore as it was/seemed to be 
> previously (Stellarium ran quite well prior to the OS change).

Are you sure that you were previously using the nv driver rather than
the nvidia driver?

AFAIK nv has never had any OpenGL support. x11/nvidia-driver is the
manufacturers own driver, with 3-d hardware support.