Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:00:51 +0200 From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with PCI-express video card Message-ID: <200504100400.52091.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <42587364.5050909@math.missouri.edu> References: <42549715.9070402@math.missouri.edu> <200504100121.56016.danny@ricin.com> <42587364.5050909@math.missouri.edu>
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On Sunday 10 April 2005 02:29, you wrote: > Danny Pansters wrote: > > [ top posting for a change ;-) ] > > Thanks for the reply. > > > Is this is a brand new board/box (eg first time trying FreeBSD with it)? > > If so, try physically installing first the RAM then the pci-x card. They > > want a memory adress pool allocated and that should be "above" your RAM > > allocated addresses. > > It is not a brand new box, but I have never been able to get X under > FreeBSD to work with it. > > I reduced the RAM in the computer to 2GB, and removed the pci-x card, > booted up, and the reinstalled the pci-x card, as you suggested. > Unfortunately it didn't change anything. > > > You don't need agp in your kernel, in fact better not if you use > > nvidia-driver. > > I have hint.agp.0.disabled="1" in /boot/loader.conf - presumably that > does the same thing. > > > You might also have a basket case situation where your allocated > > addresses for the nvidia overlap with those for another PCI card, but I > > think usually the OS will handle this. My first bet would be on the "RAM > > chipping" that might occur as explained above. > > > > > > Also note (perhaps superfluous) that you shouldn't be running X when > > (re)loading nvidia.ko. > > > > But perhaps it just isn't supported. Does using X' nv work or not? > > X nv doesn't work either. But the 6600 is listed as a board that is > supported, both by nv and nvidia. Hmm, I'm afraid I don't know anything else to try either...
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