From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 23 05:35:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFFFD16A405 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:35:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raj@csub.edu) Received: from mailhub.csub.edu (mailhub.csub.edu [136.168.1.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EC1513C4BB for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:35:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raj@csub.edu) Received: from eru.homelan (adsl-75-15-186-181.dsl.bkfd14.sbcglobal.net [75.15.186.181]) (authenticated bits=0) by mailhub.csub.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0N5IA8l040042 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:18:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from raj@csub.edu) Received: from eru.homelan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eru.homelan (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0N5IAMR059153 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:18:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from raj@eru.homelan) Received: (from raj@localhost) by eru.homelan (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l0N5IAJa059152 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:18:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from raj) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:18:10 -0800 From: Russell Jackson To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070123051809.GA59139@eru.homelan> References: <2d19405f0701211727o3d1896bbucb42b9b690ee0a9b@mail.gmail.com> <200701221217.l0MCHkl9003632@peedub.jennejohn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200701221217.l0MCHkl9003632@peedub.jennejohn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: nvidia-driver-1.0.9746 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:35:36 -0000 On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:17:46PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > "FreeBSD WickerBill" writes: > > On 1/21/07, Dmitriy Ivakin - Private wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > After update my Nvidia GeForce Mx440 driver to current version, I > > > found now this version is not support my GPU. This is end of Xorg log: > > > > > > (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > > > compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.1 > > > Module class: X.Org XInput Driver > > > ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5 > > > (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 1.0-9746 Tue Dec 19 13:23:45 PST 2006 > > > (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs > > > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 > > > (WW) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 GPU installed in this system is > > > (WW) NVIDIA(0): supported through the NVIDIA 1.0-96xx Legacy drivers. > > > (WW) NVIDIA(0): Please visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.htmlfor > > > (WW) NVIDIA(0): more information. The 1.0-9746 NVIDIA driver will > > > ignore > > > (WW) NVIDIA(0): this GPU. Continuing probe... > > > (EE) No devices detected. > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > no screens found > > > ------------------------------------- > > > As result my Xorg can't run. What is the problem? > > > > > > > Just what it says. That driver doesn't support your card. Go to the link > > shown in the error, down load the latest 1.0-96xx Legacy drivers and follow > > the directions they give you to install it. > > > > Just do what the large comment in the Makefile says to do: > # Starting with version 7667, NVidia has dropped support for numerous > # "legacy" GPUs. One can, however, build the port with -DWITH_LEGACY_GPU_SUPPOR > T > # to go with version 7184 of the driver. > et cetera. > This is only half correct. A number of GPUs (gf4mx included) were orphaned in the 97xx driver release. The 96xx series still supports these chips, so it's a bit absurd to expect users to go back to the 76xx driver. This one bit me as well on a gf4 ti card as well. I guess this is nvidia nudging everyone to upgrade their hardware. Could soemone remind me again why binary blobs are good? -- Russell A. Jackson Network Analyst California State University, Bakersfield