From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 10 05:13:28 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 06EF716A41C for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:13:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikef@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from malcolm.berkeley.edu (malcolm.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.206.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37C643D45 for ; Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:13:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikef@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from malcolm.berkeley.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by malcolm.berkeley.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6A5DRJY083285 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:13:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikef@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from localhost (mikef@localhost) by malcolm.berkeley.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) with ESMTP id j6A5DRim083282; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:13:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikef@ack.Berkeley.EDU) X-Authentication-Warning: malcolm.berkeley.edu: mikef owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:13:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Friedman X-X-Sender: mikef@malcolm.berkeley.edu To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050709215738.Y73958@malcolm.berkeley.edu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (malcolm.berkeley.edu [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 09 Jul 2005 22:13:27 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD locks up when X-windows running (LONG) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 05:13:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 at 15:09 (-0700), Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > No, I am saying your going to have to rebuild with the June drivers and > _see_if_it_works_. > > If that locks up, well then as Nvidia wrote those drivers, you can call > them on their support line. Please report back here and let us know how > this works out - a lot of people are avoiding purchasing that chipset or > boards with that chipset because Nvidia don't supply programming info, > and nobody really knows how well Nvidia is going to support us. Ted, Here's a followup report on the resolution of my video card problem. Review: The card I got with my new machine was an Nvidia GeForce 6600 (at least that's how the system identifies it at boot time). The system would lock up once X windows was running, but with no error messages and not until X had been up at least for a while. After downloading the most current Nvidia driver for this card, building a new kernel with 'device agp' removed and telling xorg.conf to use the nvidia agp support, the symptoms still didn't change! Resolution: So, I talked to the vendor who sold me the machine and card and he sent me another card that's not quite as fast - a GeForce FX 5200. I rebooted with the original (GENERIC) kernel, configured my xorg.conf with parameters for my monitor (Samsung ScanMaster 213T), using 1600x1200 resolution, and it all seems to work. Although I suppose I might have gotten the 6600 to work, I don't know how. And using the 5200 card even without the tuning of xorg.conf still didn't give system lockup problems, just sub-optimal screen resolution. So, it would appear that the 6600 card is currently not supported under FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, unless there's just something else I don't know about. Thus, I'm returning the 6600 card and getting a rebate for the difference in price. That's where it stands now. I have a working system. Thanks for the various suggestions I received here. Mike ====================================================================== >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Friedman [mailto:mikef@ack.Berkeley.EDU] >> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 9:57 PM >> To: Ted Mittelstaedt >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: RE: FreeBSD locks up when X-windows running (LONG) >> >> On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 at 21:20 (-0700), Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> >>> Your going to have to rebuild your system with the Nvidia written >>> driver, see here: >>> >>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-7667.html >>> >>> and see if it works. Read the readme file with this driver carefully >>> first, then dig around the Internet, there are a few people who have >>> posted notes on setting this driver up. _____________________________________________________________________ Mike Friedman System and Network Security mikef@ack.Berkeley.EDU 2484 Shattuck Avenue 1-510-642-1410 University of California at Berkeley http://ack.Berkeley.EDU/~mikef http://security.berkeley.edu _____________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBQtCuc60bf1iNr4mCEQIXkACdGg0zfL5ccsZitNonap48Dus9sFoAnRO2 85MVYgW7gIICZALiJH43vbTc =7ro1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----