From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 26 02:17:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5891116A469 for ; Sat, 26 May 2007 02:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33AFD13C458 for ; Sat, 26 May 2007 02:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l4Q2HfXl003855 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:41 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-166-149-71.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.166.149.71]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4Q2He9E003301 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 25 May 2007 19:17:41 -0700 Message-ID: <465798ED.1090804@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 19:18:21 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandre Vieira References: <755cb9fc0705251116i1f8e8d2cp641cc85bebaff698@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070525160332.023dbfd0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <755cb9fc0705251730g26ee26e2w589a7da5905e2d77@mail.gmail.com> <755cb9fc0705251755u3e684d78p2dca8ae4032b5177@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <755cb9fc0705251755u3e684d78p2dca8ae4032b5177@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.5.25.190348 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia 8800 GTS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 02:17:42 -0000 Alexandre Vieira wrote: > On 5/26/07, Alexandre Vieira wrote: >> >> >> >> On 5/25/07, Derek Ragona 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* , and >> > is >> > believed to be clean. >> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers 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! I'll be where you're at in a few hours (need to backup Linux data and install FreeBSD on desktop) -- I just bought a 8800 GTS too. We'll see what happens.. Any error messages on the console or Xorg.0.log though? -Garrett