From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 22:10:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C76916A4CF for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:10:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDB5543D41 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:10:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i316AFbv002965 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:10:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i316AFBS002964; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:10:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:10:15 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200404010610.i316AFBS002964@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Essam Mohsin Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A99816A4CF for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:06:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5425543D3F for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3166r72016459 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i3166rBE016458; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200404010606.i3166rBE016458@www.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 22:06:53 -0800 (PST) From: Essam Mohsin To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Subject: i386/65019: Nvidia Crash X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 06:10:16 -0000 >Number: 65019 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Nvidia Crash >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 31 22:10:15 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Essam Mohsin >Release: 5.2.1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 5.2.1 >Description: I installed the FreeBSD 5.2.1 on my PIV 1.6GHz PC with 512 MB RAM and nVidia VANTA vga Card . i first recompiled the Kernel to allow the cdrecord run on my CD-RW IDE by adding "device atapicam" to the kernel config file . it worked fine . i then installed the nVidia driver which i downloaded from their site , then ran the xf86config and modified the lines as per the README file . now when i run startx as root the nVidia logo screen appears for a secind then crash saying i386_set_ldt was built with s static entry . now how to fix this ? please note that I,m not a kernel hacker to modify source files . >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: