Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:11:00 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: Vittorio De Martino <vittorio@de-martino.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia doesn't start on cryptic errors Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0705291311000.10643@hymn01.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200705291716.03208.vittorio@de-martino.it>
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On Tue, 29 May 2007, Vittorio De Martino wrote: > Il Monday 28 May 2007 18:16:30 Garrett Cooper ha scritto: >> Vittorio De Martino wrote: >>> Il Monday 28 May 2007 14:51:04 John Nielsen ha scritto: >>>> On Monday 28 May 2007 11:18:07 Vittorio De Martino wrote: >>>>> On my newly bought HP pavillion 6366 notebook with freebsd 6.2 - p4 and >>>>> one of the latest portsnap I have an nvidia go 7400 card, *** fully *** >>>>> supported by the nvidia driver according to the docs. >>>>> >>>>> I followed the minimal configuration by nvidia-xconfig and just taiored >>>>> the language for the keyboard....BUT >>>>> startx fails to load X and in the log file I find I find the below >>>>> reported errors. >>>>> >>>>> Being a beginner I find myself somewhat disorientated by these errors >>>>> that I couldn't find surfing the net. >>>>> >>>>> (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 *** >>>> >>>> Not too cryptic. Make sure that the nvidia kernel module is loaded and >>>> try again. To verify, type "kldstat". If nvidia.ko is not listed, type >>>> "kldload nvidia". To load it automatically on boot (which is the only >>>> way for it to load successfully), add a line like this to >>>> /boot/loader.conf: >>>> >>>> nvidia_load="YES" >>>> >>>> Then reboot. >>> >>> Actually the nvidia.ko mdule was and is loaded >>> hpbsd# kldstat >>> Id Refs Address Size Name >>> 1 24 0xc0400000 5b33d8 kernel >>> .................................. >>> 4 3 0xc0a7e000 1e058 linux.ko >>> 5 1 0xc0a9d000 435c acpi_video.ko >>> 6 3 0xc0aa2000 61ba0 acpi.ko >>> 7 1 0xc0b04000 6d4de0 nvidia.ko >>> 8 1 0xc11d9000 aed4 cpufreq.ko >>> 9 1 0xc11e4000 4a2c acpi_ibm.ko >>> .................................. >>> 15 1 0xc7245000 2000 rtc.ko >>> >>> I was able to eliminate the following error >>> -------------------- >>> (II) LoadModule: "wfb" >>> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libwfb.so >>> dlopen: Shared object "librpcsvc.so.2" not found, required by "libwfb.so" >>> (EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libwfb.so >>> ------------------ >>> because the required librpcsvc.so.2 has become (and is presente as) >>> librpcsvc.so.3. Therefore I linked >>> ln -s librpcsvc.so.3 librpcsvc.so.2 >>> >>> That's ok now BUT >>> >>> NVIDIA: could not open the device /dev/nvidiactl >>> (II) Setting vga for screen 0. >>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 >>> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 >>> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor >>> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) >>> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration >>> (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. >>> >>> still something incorrect prevents startx to fire X. >>> The problems seems to be /dev/nvidiactl! >>> >>> Please help - Vittorio >> >> Add yourself to the video group and chown/mod the /dev node until you >> have read, write, and executable access. >> >> -Garrett > > Still doen't work! I mean, to put it in a nutshell: > > 1) kldstat shows the nvidia.ko module BUT no /dev/nvidia0 nor /dev/nvidiactl > is present and this seems to cause the failure of startx > > 2) I have the following which seems far less than what I can see surfing the > net (e.g. something like Idontremember.nvidia.0.%desc, and the likes): > > hpbsd # sysctl -a|grep nvidia > > nvidia 84 37K - 84 16,32,64,128,256,1024,2048 > hw.nvidia.version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 1.0-9746 Tue Dec 19 > 13:20:59 PST 2006 > hw.nvidia.registry.EnableVia4x: 0 > hw.nvidia.registry.EnableALiAGP: 0 > hw.nvidia.registry.NvAGP: 3 > hw.nvidia.registry.EnableAGPSBA: 0 > hw.nvidia.registry.EnableAGPFW: 0 > hw.nvidia.registry.SoftEDIDs: 1 > hw.nvidia.registry.Mobile: 4294967295 > hw.nvidia.registry.ResmanDebugLevel: 4294967295 > hw.nvidia.registry.FlatPanelMode: 0 > hw.nvidia.registry.DevicesConnected: 0 > hw.nvidia.registry.RmLogonRC: 1 > hw.nvidia.registry.DetectPrimaryVga: 1 > hw.nvidia.registry.dwords: > > Again HELP....Ciao > Vittorio What nVidia driver are you trying to install and does your laptop have an nVidia 7400 Go in it? -Garrett
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