Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:56:03 +0200 From: Tore Lund <toreld@netscape.net> To: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Nvidia on CURRENT... Message-ID: <453DFF53.8010807@netscape.net> In-Reply-To: <20061024105226.64c3ac87@devil.troback.com> References: <20061016151343.2d6a7030@server25.gelita.swe> <70e8236f0610160731v12f644bv6ccbb118fb9a8cf1@mail.gmail.com> <20061016223754.16a13f46@devil.troback.com> <cb5206420610170025r42c8da11we0107a45200fb183@mail.gmail.com> <20061017135955.7cfb0daf@server25.gelita.swe> <4534D73E.3090103@netscape.net> <20061024105226.64c3ac87@devil.troback.com>
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Anders Troback wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:14:38 +0200 > Tore Lund <toreld@netscape.net> wrote: > >> Anders Troback wrote: >>> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:25:05 +0400 >>> "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> I have it working fine on my current. Have you disabled agp in >>>> kernel config? >>> No, should I? Running on GENERIC! >> It's a little easier to try it out by putting this line into >> /boot/device.hints: >> >> hint.agp.0.disabled="1" > > No, no luck! > > This is the error from startx: > > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (No such file or > directory). > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please > ensure > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > And yes there is a Nvidia GPU in my system (at least when I'm > running 6.2):-) Hmmm. What about dmesg? Does it report the device nvidia0 or anything else with nvidia chips? And are you running nvidia-settings? The port nvidia-xconfig solved some problems for me by modifying my xorg.conf. And I solved a couple of other problems by browsing the Nvidia knowledgebase: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php (Though, I am running 6.1-RELEASE.) -- Tore
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