Re: pkg/46144: current NV video driver fails: no devices detected

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/46144; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/46144: current NV video driver fails: no devices detected
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:40:11 +0000

 On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 07:30:00PM +0000, Ephaeton%gmx.net@localhost wrote:
  >     It's just getting annoying to be stuck in late 2008/early 2009
  > package wise because you cannot really upgrade anything without it
  > trying to upgrate the nvidia driver! :)
 
 The workaround for this is to revert the pkgsrc dir for the driver
 package (and if necessary for the X server and other X server drivers)
 so you can recompile the old versions.
 
 The real problem is that we need KMS/GEM in the kernel. This remains
 problematic...
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost