Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:00:56 -0800 From: "Duane H. Hesser" <dhesser@accima.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, dhesser@accima.com Subject: Re: NVIDIA (port) driver fails to create /dev/nvidactl; 8.2Prerelease Message-ID: <20110129180056.ca03c0f9.dhesser@accima.com> In-Reply-To: <4D447B26.3030100@FreeBSD.org> References: <20110128124312.a837f288.dhesser@accima.com> <20110129.064924.078.1@DEV> <20110129123530.0f4586d8.dhesser@accima.com> <4D447B26.3030100@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:40:06 -0800 Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > Sorry if I missed it, but I haven't seen an answer to the question of > whether you've kldload'ed the nvidia module. When you type 'kldstat' > does the nvidia module show up in the list? If not, type 'kldload > nvidia' and try again. > You missed it, but it wasn't your fault. I hit the wrong reply button on may mailer, and the list was thus not included in the reply. Sorry about that. I 'have' exercised the "kldload" and "kldstat" commands so often in the past few days that I'm wearing out the 'k' key on a brand new keyboard. The 'nvidia' module IS loaded. I have loaded it manually and I have modified loader.conf to do it for me on reboot. I have compiled the driver port with and without acpi, with and without FreeBSD agp support, and I have recompiled my kernel to remove 'agp' when compiling the port with nvidia "internal" agp support. If you missed the original post, I have uploaded files which answer this question and just about any you might want to ask about my system. The files were upladed to my ISP's member website and if you are interested, you can see them at http://accima.com/members/dhesser/fbsd8.2P-nvidia-driver/ I would like to make it plausible that I might know what I'm doing, at least enough to check that a module I'm having trouble with has been loaded, by pointing out that I have been running freebsd versions since the fall of 1996. I've installed, managed, designed and otherwise dealt with about 90% of the unix/hardware combinations which have existed over the past 30+ years. I have read this (and several other freebsd lists) EVERY DAY since about September of that year. I realize that questions such as 'have you kldloaded..." are asked in a helpful spirit, and I don't expect you to be unduly impressed by my resume, but perhaps you will understand if I find such questions mildly insulting...*anyone* repeatedly failing to load a troublesome module must be too busy wiping drool from his chin to post messages to these lists. I am aware that installed modules must be loaded, and I have recently learned that I must zip up my pants *every time* I put them on. I remember, too, most of the time. I want to be sure, at this point, that *you* do not take umbrage at what I have written...it would not be the first time that someone took offense (at something I said) where none is intended. I continue to insist that there is a significant regression in the stable code, and I would be much happier if the responses indicated some concern about that by those who might be responsible. No one has even noticed yet that the stable sources are uncompilable again, for the second time in as many weeks. Insulting someone without even reading their message seems...unrewarding. But maybe not. You may not have expected "War and Peace" as a reply to your question, but I am currently attempting to sort out in my mind the need to abandon FreeBSD, and these musings may help to sort things out for me...thanks for listening. A switch to some other OS (probably NetBSD) would be a big step for me, but I currently have two machines for which FreeBSD is unable to provide display drivers which will accomodate my needs, and I need to start *using* the machines...in addition, the steady drift of FreeBSD away from unix and toward linux has had me thinking about switching for some time. There is one thing for which you and the rest of the lists can be thankful...I will never again post to a freebsd mailing list, either to offer or ask for help. Some of the noxious, egocentric, and arrogant replies I have received (not yours) to my original email have completely sated my appetite for childish drivel. Thanks again for your interst, Doug. -- Duane H. Hesser <dhesser@accima.com> -- Duane H. Hesser <dhesser@accima.com>
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