Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:22:42 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Rohit X Tripathi <rohit.x.tripathi@jpmchase.com> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /dev/nviddiactl from current ports Message-ID: <1235668962.2224.72.camel@strangepork.mintel.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <FC9F7DCFEC3D424CAC2EB55114F0AFA31AE7320971@EMARC03VS01.exchad.jpmchase.net> References: <FC9F7DCFEC3D424CAC2EB55114F0AFA31AE7320971@EMARC03VS01.exchad.jpmchase.net>
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On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:59 -0500, Rohit X Tripathi wrote: > Hi, I installed the latest nvidia driver from ports, and found the following error: > > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Feb 26 04:04:07 2009 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (No such file or directory). > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and > (EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > ^Cgiving up. > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): unexpected signal 2. > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "tp:0" in "remove" command > > > The X11/xorg.conf file was usable until earlier. > > -Rohit > What branch of FreeBSD are you running? Did you load the nvidia kernel module (add nvidia_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf)? What messages were emitted after loading it? What nvidia card do you have ( pciconf -lv | grep -B5 VGA)? Cheers
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