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Date:      Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>
To:        Luca Pizzamiglio <l.pizzamiglio@bally-wulff.de>
Cc:        "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID
Message-ID:  <1332341888.45829.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <4F69AD9C.9070302@bally-wulff.de>
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> From: Luca Pizzamiglio <l.pizzamiglio@bally-wulff.de>=0A> To: Unga <unga8=
88@yahoo.com>=0A> Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org>=
=0A> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:29 AM=0A> Subject: Re: X Server 1.7=
.7 does not recognise BusID=0A> =0A> Hi Unga,=0A> =0A> is this an Optimus l=
aptop?=0A> NVidia's Optimus technology has no support on FreeBSD.=0A> you c=
an only use the Intel graphic controller patching the kernel and =0A> using=
 the experimental xorg tree (in this list you can find kernel =0A> patches =
and instruction about the experimental tree).=0A> =0A> Best regards,=0A> Lu=
ca=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> This is an opt=0A> =0A> On 03/21/12 10:37, Unga wrote=
:=0A>>  Hi all=0A>> =0A>>  I have a laptop running FreeBSD 9.0 and it has t=
wo display controllers.=0A>> =0A>>  "pciconf -lv" shows following:=0A>> =0A=
>>  vgapci1@pci0:0:2:0:=A0 =A0  class=3D0x030000 card=3D0xc0a5144d chip=3D0=
x01168086 =0A> rev=3D0x09 hdr=3D0x00=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 vendor=A0 =A0  =3D 'I=
ntel Corporation'=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 device=A0 =A0  =3D '2nd Generation Core =
Processor Family Integrated =0A> Graphics Controller'=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 clas=
s=A0 =A0 =A0 =3D display=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 subclass=A0  =3D VGA=0A>> =0A>>  =
vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0:=A0 =A0  class=3D0x030200 card=3D0xc0a5144d chip=3D0x0df=
410de =0A> rev=3D0xa1 hdr=3D0x00=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 vendor=A0 =A0  =3D 'nVidi=
a Corporation'=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 device=A0 =A0  =3D 'GF106 [GeForce GT 555M =
SDDR3]'=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 class=A0 =A0 =A0 =3D display=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 subc=
lass=A0  =3D 3D=0A>> =0A>> =0A>>  I need to use the Nvidia display controll=
er and the xorg-7.5.1 and the =0A> Nvidia driver (ver. 295.20) is installed=
 in the system.=0A>> =0A>>  I have added BusID as follows in the xorg.conf:=
=0A>>  Section "Device"=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 Identifier=A0 =A0  "Device0"=0A>> =
=A0 =A0 =A0 Driver=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0  "nvidia"=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 VendorName=A0 =
=A0  "NVIDIA Corporation"=0A>> =A0 =A0 =A0 BusID=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "PCI:1:=
0:0"=0A>>  EndSection=0A>> =0A>>  But the Xorg still doesn't come up and co=
mplain following:=0A>>  (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver=A0 295.20=A0 Mon Feb=
=A0 6 21:10:33 PST 2012=0A>>  (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported =
NVIDIA GPUs=0A>>  (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0=0A>>  (EE) No devi=
ces detected.=0A>> =0A>>  Fatal server error:=0A>>  no screens found=0A>> =
=0A>> =0A>>  GeForce GT 555M is supported by the ver. 295.20 of the Nvidia =
driver for =0A> FreeBSD.=0A>> =0A>>  Appreciate very much your help in this=
 regard.=0A>> =0A>>  Best regards=0A>>  Unga=0A>>  ________________________=
_______________________=0A>>  freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list=0A>>  ht=
tp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11=0A>>  To unsubscribe, s=
end any mail to =0A> "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A> ----- Origin=
al Message -----=0A=0AThanks Luca for the reply.=0A=0AYep, its a Nvidia car=
d with the Optimus technology (GeForce GT 555M).=0A=0ABut the Nvidia driver=
 documentation say the card is supported on FreeBSD (http://www.nvidia.com/=
object/freebsd-x86-295.20-driver.html). That's the very reason bought this =
laptop.=0A=0AAny ideas?=0A=0AUnga=0A



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