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Date:      Thu, 24 May 2007 10:10:57 -0500
From:      Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
To:        "Ernest Sales" <ersaloz@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: nvidia-driver segmentation fault
Message-ID:  <6.0.0.22.2.20070524100942.02484188@mail.computinginnovations.com>
In-Reply-To: <000001c79dfe$b9d3d4b0$2101a8c0@asinusaureus>
References:  <20070524043012.3606816A47E@hub.freebsd.org> <000001c79dfe$b9d3d4b0$2101a8c0@asinusaureus>

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At 07:26 AM 5/24/2007, Ernest Sales wrote:
>To celebrate te Xorg upgrade I got rid of all ports installed in my system,
>then did a fresh install. No problems building; well, I installed first
>gnome-lite expecting it would pull the complete xorg meta-port and finally
>had to install this to get all the stuff, but suppose this is harmless.
>
>Now, the sad history: I can run X apps with the nv driver, but the
>nvidia-driver fails. Typescript [...comments...]:
>
>[...using the nv driver...]
>
># X -config xorg.conf.new
>X Window System Version 7.2.0
>Release Date: 22 January 2007
>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
>Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386
>Current Operating System: FreeBSD asinusaureus 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE
>#0: Thu May 24 11:20:28 CEST 2007
>root@asinusaureus:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ZORN i386
>Build Date: 21 May 2007
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
>Module Loader present
>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 24 11:56:19 2007
>(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
>(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not
>found)
>
>[...works fine; same if I launch the desktop...]
>
>[...now as configured with nvidia-xconfig...]
>
># X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>X Window System Version 7.2.0
>Release Date: 22 January 2007
>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
>Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386
>Current Operating System: FreeBSD asinusaureus 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE
>#0: Thu May 24 11:20:28 CEST 2007
>root@asinusaureus:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ZORN i386
>Build Date: 21 May 2007
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
>Module Loader present
>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu May 24 11:57:34 2007
>(++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>
>[...shows the nvidia splash screen and then aborts...]
>
>Fatal server error:
>Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
>
>Abort (core dumped)
># tail /var/log/messages
>[...]
>May 24 11:57:37 asinusaureus kernel: pid 1840 (Xorg), uid 0: exited on
>signal 6 (core dumped)
>
>No relevant info in xorg logs.
>
>After much looking, I am still clueless. Any hint?

Make sure you are using the correct driver for your specific graphics 
chip.  Older chips need a legacy driver you have to install yourself.

There is information on the nvidia website.

         -Derek

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