Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:22:52 +0100 From: Baptiste Grenier <baptiste.grenier@healthgrid.org> To: Kemian Dang <dangkm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia video driver and Fb7 Message-ID: <20080130132252.GB43997@healthgrid.org> In-Reply-To: <47A06CC5.2040905@gmail.com> References: <47A06CC5.2040905@gmail.com>
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--X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le 30/01/08 =E0 13:32, Kemian Dang t=E9l=E9scripta : > Hi, everyone, > I have installed the FB7-rc1 and the nvidia driver from port and kept=20 > update to the newest version, but when I change the xorg.conf to use the= =20 > "nvidia" instead of "nv", the X gave a complain about no /dev/nvidiactl a= nd=20 > stops, so I can only use nv, which seems slow on some 3d application. > I tried to download the source from nvidia web page to compile, but it sa= id=20 > it is not for fb7 now. But, when I install from port, it did not give any= =20 > error or warning. >=20 >=20 > So, have anyone tried nvidia driver on fb7 and succeed? Please give some= =20 > advice on how to solve this problem. Hi, Are you loading the nvidia module at boot time? I remember someone explaining that the nvidia module needs to register the card before the kernel. A kldload is unsifficient, you need to reboot with this in your /boot/loader.conf: -------------8<----------- nvidia_load=3D"YES" -------------8<----------- HTH, Baptiste --=20 Baptiste Grenier | PGP: 0x069112E2 HealthGrid SysAdmin http://healthgrid.org/ --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHoHosLLKEaQaREuIRAn7rAKCBITQfmmn6s2fmQ4NulEf11wZi0gCeIKSU 5PhPhxNF+171b1IaIB6fBu4= =Nh4Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT--
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