Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:04:33 -0800 From: Remington <mrl0lz@gmail.com> To: Christopher Illies <christopher.illies@ki.se> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia-driver weirdness Message-ID: <1133255073.89409.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20051129072623.GA29089@Klabautermann.ks.se> References: <fe18b2280511281401j4f399bd4g9ebd2a0baa4dc6fc@mail.gmail.com> <20051129072623.GA29089@Klabautermann.ks.se>
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NvAGP 0 is running solid, dont know what it is... has to be the nvidia driver On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 08:26 +0100, Christopher Illies wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 02:01:02PM -0800, Remington L wrote: > > This is a fresh install as of three days ago. I can try NvAGP 0 but > > what point would that do if it disables AGP? > > Well, in my case it did solve the problem of xorg locking up. It is > something you can try out, maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. The card > still works with AGP disabled, only a bit slower, but ... it works and > does not lock up anymore. > > I don't know much about hardware, but I guess there some problem with > Nvidia working together with certain AGP chipsets on FreeBSD/Linux, > but not on Windows. Strange .... > > Anyway, your problem might be the same, might be diffenrent, disabling > AGP might help, or it might not, just try it out. I would be > interested to hear whether it worked, though. > > Christopher > > > > > On 11/28/05, Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net> wrote: > > > On 11/27/05 10:37 PM, Remington sat at the `puter and typed: > > > > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #1: Sat Nov 26 23:19:14 PST > > > > 2005 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MACHINE i386 > > > > > > > > nvidia-driver-1.0.7676_1 > > > > All ports current as of a few hours ago. No special make flags. > > > > > > > > Im sure this is a repeat post or I'm missing something stupid. Xorg > > > > keeps randlonly locking and hard rebooting my machine when the nvidia > > > > xorg driver is loaded. It can keep running for a few minutes, or take a > > > > few hours before the lockup can occur. > > > > > > > > I have commented out device agp out of my kernel config, and likewise > > > > kept it in there, both with no luck. I've also tried NvAGP set to both > > > > 1, and 2 with no luck > > > > > > > > Driver "nvidia" > > > > VendorName "NVIDIA" > > > > BoardName "Geforce 6800 GT" > > > > Option "NvAGP" "2" > > > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > > > > > > > > Any assitance would be great, after an extensive google search I got > > > > nothing. > > > > > > Is this an upgrade, or a new install of 6.0? Many of the threads I've > > > read regarding the Nvidia driver with 6.0 suggested that the Nvidia > > > driver be rebuilt after the 6.0 upgrade. In fact, I believe rebuilding > > > all ports was recommended, which is why I've decided to invest in a > > > second hard drive to do a new install. > > > > > > I don't know if it will help, but my own config is pretty much the > > > same - with a couple extras to omit the logo splash, accelerate > > > rendering, etc. Of course, I'm still running 5.4. > > > > > > Try rebuilding the driver from ports - that's probably your best bet. > > > > > > HTH > > > Lou > > > -- > > > Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net > > > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > > > Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net > > > Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 > > > > > > Nusbaum's Rule: > > > The more pretentious the corporate name, the smaller the organization. > > > (For instance, the Murphy Center for the Codification of Human and > > > Organizational Law, contrasted to IBM, GM, and AT&T.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ >
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