Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 06:23:14 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 258264] Following handbook on nvidia drivers makes system get stuck on boot. Message-ID: <bug-258264-7141-DfYs8KpCjM@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-258264-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-258264-7141@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D258264 Stefan B. <sblachmann@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sblachmann@gmail.com --- Comment #12 from Stefan B. <sblachmann@gmail.com> --- Graham Perrin told me here https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/why-its-so-complicated.84408/post-560016= to add information. In general, for all drivers >340 the correct way is to load nvidia-modeset = in /boot/loader.conf. (Source is the Nvidia README, confirmed by my experience= .) Loading it only later (via /etc/rc.conf) can cause several issues, like xrandr/EDID not working correctly, problems with suspend/resume etc. However there are issues with the UEFI boot code which reportedly cause han= gs due to insufficient free memory, which causes problems when nvidia.ko is be= ing pulled in by nvidia-modeset. I don't know about details, as I avoid using U= EFI whenever possible. So it depends on whether and when these UEFI loader issues are solved in the particular FreeBSD version, whether nvidia-modeset can be loaded via /boot/loader.conf (optimum) or has to be loaded via /etc/rc.conf (suboptimal work-around). The handbook nvidia section is of no use, as it is completely out of date a= nd no help at all for FreeBSD newcomers. It even still mentions driver-304, wh= ich has been defunct since 2017 due Xorg ABI changes. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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