From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 15 09:30:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAEA1106566B for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:30:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ee0-f54.google.com (mail-ee0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50AEF8FC14 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:30:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eekc50 with SMTP id c50so2178430eek.13 for ; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:30:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6NGOJyOtyva36AQ0lI2pH+DsORlVbxTlqCbQaOKrzQU=; b=Mm0GQUmQkcRk+S5HWi7XgG3WhPNWoxDbau6D5fErHbrl1s48B47dXbemXpxabmfC7f R6NioUYXWVXCFXqhO6NPYfXNAAHuHF9WoVj5fXUlFXlu5maKNkkVV6TMTe3/8fl0W41E iMC4bJfnULW6UAhWRZXP8ilKXlf2GahwQbYRE= Received: by 10.213.27.15 with SMTP id g15mr1377796ebc.111.1323941441293; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:30:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E3371.dip.t-dialin.net. [87.142.51.113]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 76sm21952456eeh.0.2011.12.15.01.30.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:30:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:30:38 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20111215103038.2c482bf8@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20111214161011.6606cb26@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <20111213222156.218250@gmx.com> <201112141408.33231.matt@chronos.org.uk> <20111214161011.6606cb26@ernst.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Video Card for FreeBSD 9.0 (RC2) AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:30:43 -0000 On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:10:11 +0100 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:08:31 +0000 > Matt Dawson wrote: > > > [1] I have three Radeon X850XT cards here which were, until the r600 > > import, the fastest 3D cards supported by FreeBSD's DRI subsystem[2]. > > While they worked, FSVO "work," the humble GF 210 wipes the floor with > > them in terms of stability, ease of maintenance and functionality. > > > > I have a GF 210 and Xorg gets a signal 11 and dumps core when I use > nvidia-driver (with kern.sugid_coredump=1). > > Trying to debug the cause is basically impossible because nvidia_drv.so > is a binary blob with no debugging symbols (stripped). > > Luckily, nv_drv.so works and so I can at least use the card with Xorg, even > if performance isn't exactly stellar. > Just for the record it turns out that the signal 11 was apparently the result of having AIGLX (default) set for xorg-srerver. After disabling the option Xorg appears to be running stabily using nvidia-driver. -- Gary Jennejohn