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Subject: Re: nforce 2 drivers aren't working
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jason wrote:

> Has anyone with a nforce2 board got the agp working?  I have been trying
> on my machine with the new driver /usr/src/sys/pci/agp_nvidia.c.  When I
> load it as a module or compile it in I have problems.  The cml is fine.
> When I start gnome or X the system freezes with a black screen, there is
> hard drive activity, and no response to keyboard input.  I'm trying to
> rewrite the driver, but this is my first time at writting a driver.  Any
> experiencies anyone has had would be helpful, and I can post any info
> anyone else thinks is relevent.
> Thanks,
> Jason

Do you mean NFORCE2 chipset-based motherboard or NFORCE2 AGP?
The default X coming with FreeBSD 4.8 or later works on both cases.
It also works for NFORCE4 AGP where I am typing right now.

Are you using Intel 865 or 875 chipset-based motherboard?
You need to provide more details.

    -Jin