Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 19:18:21 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Alexandre Vieira <nullpt@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia 8800 GTS Message-ID: <465798ED.1090804@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <755cb9fc0705251755u3e684d78p2dca8ae4032b5177@mail.gmail.com> References: <755cb9fc0705251116i1f8e8d2cp641cc85bebaff698@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070525160332.023dbfd0@mail.computinginnovations.com> <755cb9fc0705251730g26ee26e2w589a7da5905e2d77@mail.gmail.com> <755cb9fc0705251755u3e684d78p2dca8ae4032b5177@mail.gmail.com>
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Alexandre Vieira wrote: > 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! 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
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