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Date:      Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:05:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Kenneth <kennethcf@earthlink.net>
To:        Kenneth <kennethcf@earthlink.net>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>,  freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Cc:        Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: nVidia SYSCONS Problem on Compaq Presario CQ60
Message-ID:  <27208517.1254380723260.JavaMail.root@wamui-junio.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

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Some more info...

The only savers that work are the text based savers, snake, stars, blank...

I did not try a splash screen, but my guess is that it won't work either.

I even put the vesa_load="YES" in my "/etc/rc.load", but still won't work.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kenneth <kennethcf@earthlink.net>
>Sent: Oct 1, 2009 2:22 AM
>To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
>Cc: Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: nVidia SYSCONS Problem on Compaq Presario CQ60
>
>You are correct.  Is there anything I can configure for syscons to work with the screen savers?  Below are some lines from the messages log file.
>
>vgao: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
>...
>sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
>sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
>...
>rain_saver: the console does not support M_VGA_CG320
>module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (rain_saver, 0xc709b7a0, 0) error 19
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
>>Sent: Sep 30, 2009 8:06 AM
>>To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, Kenneth <kennethcf@earthlink.net>
>>Cc: Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: nVidia SYSCONS Problem on Compaq Presario CQ60
>>
>>On Wednesday 30 September 2009 2:53:48 am Kenneth wrote:
>>> Can anyone help with a syscons error when loading the screen saver on boot 
>>up (yes, I know I don't need it if I use X, but I would like to get it 
>>working)?
>>> 
>>> The error looks like...
>>> Configuring syscons: keyrate blanktime screensaver module_register_init: 
>>MOD_LOAD (rain_saver, 0xc709a7a0, 0) error 19
>>> 
>>> I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 running freeBSD 7.2 from a 4G usb drive.
>>> 
>>> My Compaq has a GeForce 8200m G on vgapci0.
>>> #dmesg | grep nvidia
>>> vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_busmaster
>>> vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
>>> nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>>> nvidia0: [ITHREAD]
>>> 
>>> And my /boot/loader.conf has...
>>> nvidia_load="YES"  (just recently built..pkg_info 
>>says "nvidia-driver-185.18.29")
>>> 
>>> And my /etc/rc.conf has (among other things)...
>>> blanktime="300"
>>> saver="rain"
>>> hald_enable="YES"
>>> dbus_enable="YES"
>>> 
>>> Let me know, and I'll send whatever information you need.
>>
>>The nvidia driver is completely unrelated to syscons.  I think the rain saver 
>>is failing because it doesn't think the relevant graphics mode is available.  
>>Maybe check for this message in /var/log/messages?
>>
>>		log(LOG_NOTICE,
>>		    "%s: the console does not support M_VGA_CG320\n",
>>		    SAVER_NAME);
>>		return (ENODEV);
>>
>>-- 
>>John Baldwin




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