From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 15:48:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C673A16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:48:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz [66.92.171.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1353D43D41 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:48:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz) Received: by mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Postfix, from userid 80) id B2B6861AA; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:44:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from 141.156.69.109 ([141.156.69.109]) by www.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Horde) with HTTP for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:44:44 -0500 Message-ID: <20041201104444.0og488cc4s8go8co@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:44:44 -0500 From: Kenneth Culver To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Louis LeBlanc References: <200411291513.35761.kirk@strauser.com> <20041129215849.GH23654@keyslapper.org> <20041129171611.eqs4wkgok080swcg@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20041129225335.GI23654@keyslapper.org> <20041130112711.0w4w0sk40wg04kow@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20041130164508.GB29924@keyslapper.org> <20041130132216.k8swskk0g4oc84ok@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20041201060248.GA64694@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20041201060248.GA64694@keyslapper.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.0-cvs Subject: Re: NVidia driver not using AGP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:48:44 -0000 Quoting Louis LeBlanc : > On 11/30/04 01:22 PM, Kenneth Culver sat at the `puter and typed: >> Quoting Louis LeBlanc : >> >> > On 11/30/04 11:27 AM, Kenneth Culver sat at the `puter and typed: >> >> Quoting Louis LeBlanc : >> >> >> >> > >> > I'll post the result tonight. >> > >> > Thanks for straightening me out there! >> > >> No problem. Sorry if I seemed rude. > > Not at all! I'm sure I have better things to do than get overly > sensitive when someone brings a firm hand to straighten me out - > especially when I really *am* wrong and just can't seem to interpret > the data in front of my nose. It's not like you were being insulting, > so no worries :) > > Anyway, as promised, I changed the xorg.conf setting in my card setup > as follows (Sorry it's so late): > > Option "NvAGP" "2" > > and restarted Xorg. Now, I have this: > > # sysctl hw.nvidia > hw.nvidia.agp.card.rates: 8x 4x > hw.nvidia.agp.card.fw: supported > hw.nvidia.agp.card.sba: supported > hw.nvidia.agp.card.registers: 0x1f000e1b:0x1f004302 > hw.nvidia.agp.status.status: enabled > hw.nvidia.agp.status.driver: freebsd (agp.ko) > hw.nvidia.agp.status.rate: 8x > hw.nvidia.agp.status.fw: disabled > hw.nvidia.agp.status.sba: enabled > hw.nvidia.version: NVIDIA FreeBSD x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-6113 > Mon Aug 2 16:08:32 PDT 2004 > 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.cards.0.model: GeForce FX 5200 > hw.nvidia.cards.0.irq: 16 > hw.nvidia.cards.0.vbios: 04.34.20.22.bf > hw.nvidia.cards.0.type: AGP > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like I really AM using AGP now, > and at the full 8x acceleration. > > You know, it does look like Firefox is rendering images a little > faster now - ever so slightly. Switching Fvwm pages seems to render > windows a good bit faster. Most noticeable when switching from an > empty page (no windows) into one with Firefox running. > > Switching Fvwm desktops doesn't seem much faster than before - don't > get me wrong, it beats the pixels off my old system, but not much > faster than before turning agp on. Of course, it's rendering a > 1560x1024 wallpaper, so . . . > > There are still the EnableVia4x, EnableALiAGP, EnableAGPSBA, and > EnableAGPFW settings that appear to be off (0). Not sure what these > are yet; I wonder if they're mentioned in the Linux doc. I wonder if > the nvidia-settings port will tweak these or if I have to have the NV > AGPGART working to get them on - assuming I want them on . . . > > On top of that, I noticed that the agp.card.fw is "supported" but the > status is "disabled". I wonder what's up with that? > > It's probably not important, but I also noticed the FlatPanelMode > setting is 0, even though both my monitors are flat panels - probably > because they're both VGA plugs, and "FlatPanel" actually means Digital > Video Interface (DVI). > > Looks like the agp.ko support does work for some NVIDIA boards, just > not all of them. > > Well, it'll be the weekend before I can give the NVidia AGPGART driver > a go because I'll have to rebuild the kernel without the agp device, > and then only if the boss (the weekend boss) gives me time to play - > honeydo list is getting long. If I can get to it, I'll post those > results too. > > Thanks again Kenneth, for setting me right with this. > > Lou I wonder what the people who actually have this working are doing differently from those of us who can't seem to get it to work. Ken