From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 19:02:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D316106566C for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:02:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C54B8FC16 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:02:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dald2 with SMTP id d2so2271576dal.13 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=h+pmvIL6BjndnMbJPa7712ef9AKvKzmKcY/eMVarZao=; b=MX7t+YF6TZgIQRyd+ZLPDztFAvyE0BfJDxRKLpzOLv7dHfzYdu8+Ll4dVk5YGrfIcS 3FNPflcqxGxQdkou4ISTaRY2LN34lnCO2FC/7aMfT6JAwN2Kp3L6BVmNFmZdOGAtjoxP iur19bbdReMMCoXxxXBAWLZGV6EFCprJzw/sDO3ELGn2rbLKGyOQ2MDhAH82XehaSWr9 0FuUAbc9qYVj/z7ltJxmXr8lmkU8yIdoS7rmeWvCe00c9/gXRA5yBHcNyDSPCGNmGk8J ScKPFwsBj5ZVGRCd7DcUwVvlMnGp8y+a/OPZlaZNPvQof2kltflofi1ITIxD661hFOSO ye4Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.130.163 with SMTP id of3mr13743743pbb.85.1332356538372; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.129.106 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1332353497.92501.YahooMailNeo@web160102.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1332322627.84169.YahooMailNeo@web160105.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4F69AD9C.9070302@bally-wulff.de> <1332341888.45829.YahooMailNeo@web160101.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <4F69EE00.3000208@acsalaska.net> <1332353497.92501.YahooMailNeo@web160102.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:02:18 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kevin Oberman To: Unga Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-x11@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:02:19 -0000 On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Unga wrote: >> From: Mel Flynn >> To: Unga >> Cc: Luca Pizzamiglio ; "freebsd-x11@freebs= d.org" >> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:04 PM >> Subject: Re: X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID >> >> On 3/21/2012 15:58, Unga wrote: >> >>>>> =A0 vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0:=A0 =A0 =A0class=3D0x030200 card=3D0xc0a5144d >> chip=3D0x0df410de >>>> =A0rev=3D0xa1 hdr=3D0x00 >>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0vendor=A0 =A0 =A0=3D 'nVidia Corporation' >>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0device=A0 =A0 =A0=3D 'GF106 [GeForce GT 555M SDDR3]' >>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0class=A0 =A0 =A0 =3D display >>>>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0subclass=A0 =A0=3D 3D >> >>> =A0Yep, its a Nvidia card with the Optimus technology (GeForce GT 555M)= . >>> >>> =A0But the Nvidia driver documentation say the card is supported on Fre= eBSD >> (http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd-x86-295.20-driver.html). That's th= e >> very reason bought this laptop. >>> >>> =A0Any ideas? >> >> Quoting from "Additional Information": >> Note that the list of supported GPU products is provided to indicate >> which GPUs are supported by a particular driver version. Some designs >> incorporating supported GPUs may not be compatible with the NVIDIA Linux >> driver: in particular, notebook and all-in-one desktop designs with >> switchable (hybrid) or *Optimus graphics* will not work if means to >> *disable the integrated graphics in hardware* are not available. >> Hardware designs will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so please >> consult with a system's manufacturer to determine whether that >> particular system is compatible. >> >> In other words, check if the bios can disable the integrated intel. Once >> that is done, pciconf -lv should show nvidia0 rather than vgapci0. >> -- >> Mel >> ----- Original Message ----- > > Unfortunately it is not possible to disable the Intel controller in BIOS.= The laptop is Samsung RF511. > > I have already written to the Nvidia, lets see what they could do. After = all its a software issue. It works well on Windows 7 without any BIOS chang= e. I'm afraid that nVidia has publicly stated that they will not be providing support for "Optimus" in their open-source drivers. There is an effort underway to reverse-engineer the "Optimus" hybrid stuff and write a driver for X, but I would not hold my breath. The big issue is that, while Optimus uses the GPUs that are supported in their binary blobs, the "Optimus" implementation uses the frame buffers in the Intel graphics, so is quite different to actually use or program for. --=20 R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com