[wplug-bsd] FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT + nVidia driver problem

[Robert Coutch]

I don't know about anyone else but I always seem to have problems getting X to 
work.

I wind up having to hand edit XF86Config.

-Bob



On Tuesday 11 November 2003 12:34 pm, Poyner, Brandon wrote:
> It appears you are correct, there isn't a -STABLE for FBSD 5 yet.  It
> appears as if that branch will be created after 5.2-RELEASE is forked
> off.  In my experience it's best to steer clear of STABLE and CURRENT
> anyway, unless you're willing to deal with unpredictability.  i.e., if
> you find a bug that is fixed in CVS, you might have to perform a cvsup,
> buildworld and buildkernel because any changes in world might have
> matching changes in the kernel.  And there's no guarantee a -STABLE
> kernel will even boot (been there, seen that).  That may be perfectly ok
> if you're doing this as a hobby.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/5-roadmap/index.html
>
> If your sound card works with -STABLE but not 5.1-RELEASE you can
> probably find somebody who has back ported the change to RELEASE.
>
> Brandon Poyner
> Network Engineer II
> CCAC - College Office
> 412-237-3086
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Slavin [mailto:bslavin_list at wavecrazy.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:08 PM
> To: wplug-bsd at wplug.org
> Subject: Re: [wplug-bsd] FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT + nVidia driver problem
>
>
> Thanks for the input guys.
>
> I do have a question, though: I was under the impression that there was
> not a 5.1-STABLE branch (probably incorrectly assumed). I thought this
> because, on the ports page, it lists the options for 4.8-RELEASE,
> 4.9-RELEASE, 4.9-STABLE, 5.0-RELEASE, 5.1-RELEASE, and 5.1-CURRENT.
>
> If there is a -STABLE branch for 5.1, I'll happily use it (and hope my
> sound card works).
>
> In regards to the nVidia driver being broken in -CURRENT, I looked
> around the archives and found only a few mentions of the issue, and saw
> that some people had been able to get it working while others had not...
>
> I was hoping to be lucky... I guess not.
>
>   --Ben
>
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