Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 01:55:19 +0100 From: "Alexandre Vieira" <nullpt@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia 8800 GTS Message-ID: <755cb9fc0705251755u3e684d78p2dca8ae4032b5177@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <755cb9fc0705251730g26ee26e2w589a7da5905e2d77@mail.gmail.com> References: <755cb9fc0705251116i1f8e8d2cp641cc85bebaff698@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070525160332.023dbfd0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <755cb9fc0705251730g26ee26e2w589a7da5905e2d77@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/26/07, Alexandre Vieira <nullpt@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 5/25/07, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: > > > > At 01:16 PM 5/25/2007, Alexandre Vieira wrote: > > > > Hello folks, > > > > I've bought a Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB DDR and i'm trying to get it working > > with > > freebsd. > > > > I've installed Xorg 7.2 and the nvidia driver. The driver detects the > > card > > correctly and displays the card info correctly. > > > > When I launch Xorg with the nvidia driver I get a striped green screen > > and > > the machine freezes completely. I can't see any X logs because it > > crashes > > immediately. > > > > > > Sounds like you don't the right refresh settings for your monitor. > > Double check the refresh rates you choose in configuring X and the > > resolutions too. > > > > -Derek > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and > > is > > believed to be clean. > > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers <http://www.transtec.co.uk/>; for > > their support. > > > Hi, thanks for the reply > > Is that reason to hard freeze the machine? I'll check the monitor manual > and set manually the refresh settings for the monitor. > > Thanks > Regards > > -- > Alexandre Vieira - nullpt@gmail.com > Hello, I added the HorizSync and VertRefresh to the correct values present in the monitor manual. Removed Glcore and dri and made sure glx is enabled. I also tried to set NvAgp to 0 (just in case) and still the same result: green with black strips screen + hard crash on the machine (keyboard locks don'tt answer too). Any more tips on this one? Thanks! -- Alexandre Vieira - nullpt@gmail.com
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