Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 17:35:47 +0000 From: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>, x11-list freebsd <freebsd-x11@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MacBook Pro 11,3 Nvidia Drivers Message-ID: <CALM2mEmofXXn_292swebtpBEUcW3hpND9pXJe80UXw5vbm-qVA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160906105251.51b6b846@hermann> References: <CALM2mEnHtsn_syhocojHaF8Y4KjBK6p0wMJ-a1VMr6RD_p_vXg@mail.gmail.com> <CAG6CVpXE67GDGX0Uhttqr2hCVgR4A-PRJ9MaDnE4vZbmEC45iA@mail.gmail.com> <20160906070923.1c8141bb@hermann> <CALM2mEkX96nEn_3tVhv4xyAY%2BDjbU4ogbC54uN_xpDpzHanheA@mail.gmail.com> <20160906105251.51b6b846@hermann>
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Wow, it was a typo! Thank you, loading the nvidia-modeset drivers worked! User error, my apologies. On Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 16:52 Hartmann, O. <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 06:39:03 +0000 > blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> 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. > > <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 20:53:34 -0700 > > > Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> 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 > > > > <gurenchan@gmail.com> 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 > > > > >
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