Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:28:05 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@tcbug.org> To: Srot BULL <pwd8jmr22w@me.point.ne.jp> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SMP in the Kernel and NVIDIA Driver Message-ID: <20040712152805.GE58753@ns1.tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <40F28CAA.902@me.point.ne.jp> References: <40F28CAA.902@me.point.ne.jp>
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 10:05:46PM +0900, Srot BULL wrote: > Hi again to everyone, > > Since I just sent an Email to this list a while ago about my problems > with my onboard sound card that comes with my Asus P4P800S Motherboard, > I thought that maybe I should also ask this question on the list... > > I have a: > Asus P4P800S Motherboard > Pentium4 2.8 E GHz > GeForce NVidia FX-5500 > > FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 #1: Fri Jul 9 > 21:45:05 JST 2004 i386 > I have a installed the nvidia on the ports for my GeForce NVidia FX-5500 > > Everything is running at present but this was before I removed the SMP > option from my customize kernel. > When SMP in enabled in my kernel my monitor just displays grey and white > and some garbled characters and I can not do anything...If I use X.org's > "nv" driver, everything works fine... > But there is this feeling in me that I should use the native FreeBSD > nvidia driver so, I just comment out the SMP option in my kernel > (because this was the last thing that I did before I tried the nvidia > driver) and monitor displays correctly... > > My question is, is there any connection with enabling HyperThreading and > using the native FreeBSD nvidia video card driver? > I am not an expert on this but I think the above question sounds > strange...But, if my question is valid, can anybody give me advice on > how to configure my system by using both the SMP and the native FreeBSD > nvidia driver... > > Thank you again... > > Srot BULL I have a SMP system w/ Nvidia card. Trying to enable SMP while using the FreeBSD Nvidia drivers causes the system to lock up when starting X. If you look in the archives there are other people experiencing the same issue. My workaround is to use an ATI card. :-/ Josh Paetzel
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