From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 12:44:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9B3106564A for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:44:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pieter@degoeje.nl) Received: from s2m-is-001.service2media.com (rev-130-102.virtu.nl [217.114.102.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576588FC0A for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:44:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pieter@degoeje.nl) Received: from nox-laptop.localnet ([10.0.1.45] RDNS failed) by s2m-is-001.service2media.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:44:23 +0100 From: Pieter de Goeje To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:44:22 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.10.3 (Linux/2.6.27-11-generic; KDE/4.1.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <92056ebc0901061334o40f37463y84cdfda54e281126@mail.gmail.com> <4963EE76.1050808@datapipe.com> <92056ebc0901062317n2022daf2s8990dc78255f87e4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <92056ebc0901062317n2022daf2s8990dc78255f87e4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200901081344.23105.pieter@degoeje.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2009 12:44:23.0414 (UTC) FILETIME=[D5451960:01C9718E] Cc: Giuseppe Pagnoni , Paul Procacci Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1, nvidia-driver, GeForce 8500 GT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:44:26 -0000 > >>>> How much memory do you have? Freebsd/Nvidia doesn't work with 4Gigs > >>>> of memory OR PAE enabled kernels. Nvidia's forums have lots more > >>>> information > >>>> regarding this. > >> > >> I'm not sure of the internals exactly, but the amount of onboard memory > >> plus the memory that comes with the card can't exceed 4G. (I could be > >> wrong, but I think this is accurate). In this case, assuming you have a > >> 512M card or similar then 3 Gigs of memory should work. I have seen > >> reports of 2Gigs of memory working (i386) and am sure that works without > >> problems. amd64 doesn't work at all, as you have already stated. > >> > >> If you have a requirement to use the nvidia based graphics driver, then > >> you really don't have an alternative at this time, then to remove system > >> memory from your main board. > >> > >> ~Paul Putting hw.physmem="3G" in /boot/loader.conf might also work. -- Pieter de Goeje