Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:39:42 +0100 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Anders =?iso-8859-1?q?Holmstr=F6m?= <holmstrom.anders@gmail.com> Subject: Re: nvidia-drivers crash computer on X start Message-ID: <200903281739.43204.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <11e872670903280553pfcfef6fgb56683808af94aa7@mail.gmail.com> References: <11e872670903280553pfcfef6fgb56683808af94aa7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Saturday 28 March 2009 13:53:43 Anders Holmstr=F6m wrote:
> The current xorg.conf I'm using is listed below. It was generated with
> X -configure. I've used many different xorg.confs, but they've all
> more or less been using the same settings as below, except when I
> tried NvAGP which didn't seem to work either (unless I was missing
> something).
When using NvAGP, /boot/device.hints MUST contain a line that disables agp.
> In dmesg.boot this is displayed:
> ###########
> nvidia0: <GeForce 8800 GTS 512> on vgapci0
> vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_busmaster
> vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
> vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
Harmless, as these interfaces are still supported. It should be seen as=20
deprecation warning.
> nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> nvidia0: [ITHREAD]
> ###########
>
> I have tried reinstalling xorg-server and nvidia-driver many times.
> I've also had the same problem on a completely different FreeBSD
> install on the same computer, before a broken HDD forced me to
> reinstall completely. It was the same BSD version. I've made sure that
> the driver is actually loaded with kldstat, and have not used "kldload
> nvidia" as it's said that it's best to put an entry in
> /boot/loader.conf and restart instead. /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidiactl
> show up after the drivers are installed and the computer rebooted.
> I've tried disabling FreeBSD AGP and using NvAGP instead, but the
> exact same thing happens. My card is a GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB, and is
> supported by the drivers.
You properly walked all avenues that would resolve a configuration issue on=
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your part. There's one more to try, disable the composite extension, yet th=
is=20
is a long shot if not using a window manager that uses composite.
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "disable"
EndSection
If that does not help, then the proper action would be to file a bug report=
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with nvidia, using the nvidia-bug-report.sh script, that unfortunately isn'=
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installed by the port.
It's easiest to get a hold of that script using:
make -C /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver extract
cp `make -C /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver -V WRKSRC`/obj/*.sh .
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Mel
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