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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:55:46 +0300
From: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com>
To: Ali Mashtizadeh <mashtizadeh@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 05:22:46PM -0800, Ali Mashtizadeh wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone have the nvidia video driver working with releng 7? What I am
> seeing is that the kernel module compiles and loads fine, but it will not
> detect any video card. I've tried removing the agp device from my BSD kernel
> and using nvidia's.
> 
> -- 
> Ali Mashtizadeh
> علی مشتی زاده

If you are sure that installed version of nvidia-driver supports your
card, try putting nvidia_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf. I guess your
problem is vgapci attaching to device, leaving nvidia module without
hardware to attach, like below:

vgapci0@pci0:5:0:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x40161682 chip=0x040210de
rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    device     = 'GeForce 8600 GT'
    class      = display
    subclass   = VGA


HTH,
Yuri