nVidia driver with Xorg 7.3?

[Warren Block]

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