From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 30 18:06:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DEA816A4CE for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:06:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage.e-scape.net (sage.e-scape.net [205.205.53.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E68E43FD7 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 18:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris@tellme3times.com) Received: from tellme3times.com (dsl-yul-102.e-scape.net [209.47.218.102]) by sage.e-scape.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB12g0uZ017277; Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:42:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3FCAA1D4.20106@tellme3times.com> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:05:08 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031020 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Justin Smith References: <3FC4E595.5000308@drexel.edu> <200311261919.11942@harrymail> <3FC8B8CE.6040002@drexel.edu> In-Reply-To: <3FC8B8CE.6040002@drexel.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Harald Schmalzbauer Subject: Re: Nvidia problem fixed in current? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:06:55 -0000 Justin Smith wrote: > The kernel nvidia driver worked fine in 5.1. It only STOPPED working > when I upgraded to 5.2 beta (and rebuilt and reinstalled the kernel > driver). > > This is a problem of 5.2 vs 5.1 ---- something changed that stopped it > from working. Perhaps some libraries in 5.2 are no longer compatible > with the nvidia kernel driver (since it is, fundamentally, a binary > program --- one cannot recompile the core of it). > > Perhaps it's a problem with AGP in 5.2. Slowing down AGP (to 1x) > allows the nvidia driver to work but it still reboots the machine > whenever I try to do anything that involves OpenGL... > > Also, it's odd the the thing fails in such a strange manner (rebooting > the machine without any error messages). > I had this with an ASUS mother board. Could not figure it out intill the board failed and I replaced the board. Chris