From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 15:04:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2255D106564A for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:04:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rflynn@acsalaska.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF5AB8FC12 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:04:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (squeeze.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.30]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFAAE7E867; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:04:52 -0800 (AKDT) Message-ID: <4F69EE00.3000208@acsalaska.net> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:04:32 +0100 From: Mel Flynn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Unga References: <1332322627.84169.YahooMailNeo@web160105.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4F69AD9C.9070302@bally-wulff.de> <1332341888.45829.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1332341888.45829.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:04:55 -0000 On 3/21/2012 15:58, Unga wrote: >>> vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030200 card=0xc0a5144d chip=0x0df410de >> rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 >>> vendor = 'nVidia Corporation' >>> device = 'GF106 [GeForce GT 555M SDDR3]' >>> class = display >>> subclass = 3D > Yep, its a Nvidia card with the Optimus technology (GeForce GT 555M). > > But 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. > > Any ideas? Quoting from "Additional Information": Note that the list of supported GPU products is provided to indicate which GPUs are supported by a particular driver version. Some designs incorporating supported GPUs may not be compatible with the NVIDIA Linux driver: in particular, notebook and all-in-one desktop designs with switchable (hybrid) or *Optimus graphics* will not work if means to *disable the integrated graphics in hardware* are not available. Hardware designs will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so please consult with a system's manufacturer to determine whether that particular system is compatible. In other words, check if the bios can disable the integrated intel. Once that is done, pciconf -lv should show nvidia0 rather than vgapci0. -- Mel