Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-25 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:37:31 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:15:03 -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > > > Yes, the driver performs quite admirably. :-) No more gnashing my > > teeth in envy of others with true hardware-accelerated drivers. > > I'm currently using that drive

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-25 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:15:03 -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:49:42 +0200 > Polytropon wrote: > > > Meanwhile, I got the "nvidia" driver compiled, installed > > and running. Tests like > > > > % xlock -nolock -mode lament > > > > or > > > > % xlock -nolock -mod

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-16 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:49:42 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > Meanwhile, I got the "nvidia" driver compiled, installed > and running. Tests like > > % xlock -nolock -mode lament > > or > > % xlock -nolock -mode fire > > show the FPS rate I've expected (no comparison to the 3 > fps I got

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-14 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 14 Aug 2011, Polytropon wrote: And just in case I have to replace it (PCIe required), what brand of GPU should I buy instead? Again nVidia, or better ATI, or Intel? It's a hard decision because I don't want to get from one trouble into the next one... Radeon HD4650 has worked well for

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > What I don't understand is how a port that's more than > one year old can require a X server version that's not > reached yet _today_... :-) > Not exactly related to your point here, but you should also be aware of the WITHOUT_NOUVEAU macro

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Gurpreet Singh
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Gurpreet Singh wrote: > > > ---Start-- > Installing it should be as simple as below procedure provided you have > base sources in /usr/src. > > > # cd /usr/src/sys > # fetch http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/drm-nouveau-062309.

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Gurpreet Singh
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Polytropon wrote: > > Has anyone got the "nouveau" driver working, and if, > how precisely has he done so? > I am using nouveau driver on FreeBSD 8.2 Release with resolution 1280x1024. I have Nvidia GeForce 7025 card embedded in my Asus Mobo. CPU: AMD Phenom(tm)

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:15:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I just > # cd /ports/x11-drivers/xf86-drivers-nouveau/ > # make install clean > > # Xorg -configure > tested the screen, then ran > # cp /root/xorg.conf.net /etc/X11/xorg.conf > # sed -i "" 's|nv|nouveau|g' /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > rest

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:12:26 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> I have nouveau working but for another card: >> >> vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0:   class=0x03 card=0x82781043 chip=0x06e410de >> rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 >>     vendor     = 'NVIDIA Corporation'

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:12:26 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > I have nouveau working but for another card: > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x82781043 chip=0x06e410de > rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > device = 'NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (G98)' > cl

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:38:59 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2011, Polytropon wrote: > > > PS. Looking at your xorg.conf, maybe the reason why I > >can't do Ctrl+Alt+Backspace anymore is that DontZap > >belongs to ServerLayout, not to ServerFlags - I'll > >quickly che

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 14 Aug 2011, Polytropon wrote: PS. Looking at your xorg.conf, maybe the reason why I can't do Ctrl+Alt+Backspace anymore is that DontZap belongs to ServerLayout, not to ServerFlags - I'll quickly check that. xorg.conf(5) says about ServerFlags: Options specified in this se

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:55:20 +0100, Frank Shute wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 03:22:06AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > Has anyone got the "nouveau" driver working, and if, > > how precisely has he done so? > > Yes. I got it working once by following the package instructions but > on a subsequent

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Antonio Olivares
> It complains about xorg-server must be >= 1.8, but > only 1.7.7 is in latest ports (right now). This is > step 4 on the list. Note that it's "./autogen.sh", > not "./autogen" as in the article. > > The steps explained are: > > 1. Uninstall any nvidia driver > # pkg_delete nvidia-driver-\* > # vi

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Polytropon wrote: > Has anyone got the "nouveau" driver working, and if, > how precisely has he done so? > I used to have it working, but I think for various reasons it's being abandoned by FreeBSD x11 team. Not sure of exact current state but it's not worth pur

Re: System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 03:22:06AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > I'm using FreeBSD/amd64 on an Intel Core 2 4300 (1.8GHz) > on a VIA-equipped mainboard. The whole machine is a quite > cheap one from a discounter (mainly food). > > OS is 8.2-STABLE (July 2011). I have xorg-7.5.1 installed > with xo

System lockups in X with nVidia GeForce 7600 GS (G73) and Gtk+

2011-08-13 Thread Polytropon
I'm using FreeBSD/amd64 on an Intel Core 2 4300 (1.8GHz) on a VIA-equipped mainboard. The whole machine is a quite cheap one from a discounter (mainly food). OS is 8.2-STABLE (July 2011). I have xorg-7.5.1 installed with xorg-server-1.7.7_1,1, using xf86-video-nv-2.1.18 configured in xorg.conf. T