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From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com>
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Subject: Re: Problems with PCI-express video card
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On Sunday 10 April 2005 02:29, you wrote:
> Danny Pansters wrote:
> > [ top posting for a change ;-) ]
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> > Is this is a brand new board/box (eg first time trying FreeBSD with it)?
> > If so, try physically installing first the RAM then the pci-x card. They
> > want a memory adress pool allocated and that should be "above" your RAM
> > allocated addresses.
>
> It is not a brand new box, but I have never been able to get X under
> FreeBSD to work with it.
>
> I reduced the RAM in the computer to 2GB, and removed the pci-x card,
> booted up, and the reinstalled the pci-x card, as you suggested.
> Unfortunately it didn't change anything.
>
> > You don't need agp in your kernel, in fact better not if you use
> > nvidia-driver.
>
> I have hint.agp.0.disabled="1" in /boot/loader.conf - presumably that
> does the same thing.
>
> > You might also have a basket case situation where your allocated
> > addresses for the nvidia overlap with those for another PCI card, but I
> > think usually the OS will handle this. My first bet would be on the "RAM
> > chipping" that might occur as explained above.
> >
> >
> > Also note (perhaps superfluous) that you shouldn't be running X when
> > (re)loading nvidia.ko.
> >
> > But perhaps it just isn't supported. Does using X' nv work or not?
>
> X nv doesn't work either.  But the 6600 is listed as a board that is
> supported, both by nv and nvidia.

Hmm, I'm afraid I don't know anything else to try either...