From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 30 23:01:49 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 1F0B616A422 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:01:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mrl0lz@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D9343D68 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:01:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mrl0lz@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 9so125355nzo for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:01:34 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=YV3MtHfSAcgCEPZFfWIsnMgiDuSTfg3RywaHaB7aIdGgYvRAbMnixMCye0j7CS17vJszVy9o2gjBZV5V7s5CHBddmHIVIetEdZKjyturn4vYuo8+cO4ce+tFcuaV3vQrvccpP9ks+NZBNw3Xn+4IRzzER4LqqM3CDAavQiROpxk= Received: by 10.37.21.5 with SMTP id y5mr914945nzi; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:01:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.109.12 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:01:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:01:34 -0800 From: Remington L To: Christopher Illies In-Reply-To: <1133255073.89409.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20051129072623.GA29089@Klabautermann.ks.se> <1133255073.89409.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia-driver weirdness 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: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:01:49 -0000 Spoke to soon, it still crashing....... On 11/29/05, Remington wrote: > 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 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. Xo= rg > > > > > keeps randlonly locking and hard rebooting my machine when the nv= idia > > > > > 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 like= wise > > > > > 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 rebuil= ding > > > > 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 be= t. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > Lou > > > > -- > > > > Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-ne= t > > > > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire := ) > > > > Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t ne= t > > > > Key fingerprint =3D C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D= 9A2 > > > > > > > > Nusbaum's Rule: > > > > The more pretentious the corporate name, the smaller the organiza= tion. > > > > (For instance, the Murphy Center for the Codification of Human an= d > > > > Organizational Law, contrasted to IBM, GM, and AT&T.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > >