From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Tue Sep 6 08:52:56 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15CA1B9651C for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:52:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDD1BF42; Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:52:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.85) with esmtps (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (envelope-from ) id <1bhC7h-0015Hj-AW>; Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:52:53 +0200 Received: from p578a69f9.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([87.138.105.249] helo=hermann) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.85) with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (envelope-from ) id <1bhC7g-003CWT-Tr>; Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:52:53 +0200 Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 10:52:51 +0200 From: "Hartmann, O." To: blubee blubeeme Cc: Conrad Meyer , x11-list freebsd Subject: Re: MacBook Pro 11,3 Nvidia Drivers Message-ID: <20160906105251.51b6b846@hermann> In-Reply-To: References: <20160906070923.1c8141bb@hermann> Organization: FU Berlin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 87.138.105.249 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:52:56 -0000 On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 06:39:03 +0000 blubee blubeeme wrote: > I just did a full portmaster -Da and updated all my packages. Which > are listed here: http://paste2.org/EcM8s3gH > > When I add nvidia_load to boot/loader.conf and I log in, nvidia > drivers are loaded but running startx gives me garbled screen. > > If I try to add nvidia-modest_load to my boot/loader.conf then no > nvidia drivers are loaded. Shouldn't it be nvidia-modeset_load="YES"? Check for a typo, please. > > Trying sudo kldload nvidia-modest returns kldload can't load > nvidia-modest no such for our directory. > Here is the xorg log: http://paste2.org/37fpmnYL See above, this could probably be due to the type, it is nvidia-modeset.ko, not nvidia-modest.ko (the name of the kernel object module). > > I have the nvidia Gt 750m Mac edition and I have the nvidia driver > 367.44 which I think is the latest one. > > Is there anything else that I could try to do to fix this? Well, I'd prefere to wait for your next response due to the possible typo. If it is a typo, no further help is needed :-) > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 13:09 Hartmann, O. > wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 20:53:34 -0700 > > Conrad Meyer wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Have you tried changing 'nvidia_load="YES"' to > > > 'nvidia-modeset_load="YES"'? It's documented in UPDATING and > > > pkg-message, but I understand this is a surprising change. At > > > least one other user has reported a garbled screen on 367.44, but > > > I don't know what hardware they had. > > > > > > Best, > > > Conrad > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 8:39 PM, blubee blubeeme > > > wrote: > > > > I seem to be having issues recently when I build nvidia-driver > > > > from ports. > > > > > > > > Installing 346.44 from pkg works fine but If I go and install > > > > 367.44 from ports then my screen gets garbled and the nvidia > > > > driver doesn't seem to get loaded, even though > > > > nvidia_load="YES" is still in /boot/loader.con but if I revert > > > > back to 346.44 then things work again. > > > > > > > > Is this a known issue? How can I fix/ avoid this? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-x11@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-x11 > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-x11-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Prior to 367.35, I also ran into an garbled screen issue once with > > the new modeset driver. This happened on all nVidia Quadro based > > cards we have around here, at least that built into my workstation, > > a Quadro NV315, one of the low-end Quadros nVidia offers. But that > > has gone with the most recent series of divers. > > > > The garbled console is still with consumer GPUs (GTX 960, GTX 560Ti) > > when using UEFI with required vt() console driver. The above > > mentioned Quadro boards have a black console - no garbled, no > > distorted screen so far but black. This goes away immediately after > > unloading the nvidia_modeset.ko kernel module. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Oliver > >