Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:52:01 +0100 From: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> To: Lars Tunkrans <drsnx60@gmail.com> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info>, FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CURRENT: working alternative nVidia GPU driver for x11/nvidia-kmod? Message-ID: <CAFYkXjk%2BfZH50FZvnZZYdC8PJr9HvCRJKHT=7QW9r9ZwbsdNnA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <141caf69-dde9-4c3a-b406-145146b3189d@gmail.com> References: <20251129131506.41ceec97@hermann> <CAFYkXj=M6-AB77vn_n_1yPmWpX%2Bhq_y8743mWrRBqiN9wPmELA@mail.gmail.com> <20251129142412.1746f00c@hermann> <CAFYkXj=AR7o2LMAL18ybHRm_-DGWfy1x=Mb3SUfNcgJJdjZjWw@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonBGn4Tedr55e8Sdx8nZXN60JKkt2Tm-PQz=VSxbqi5sg@mail.gmail.com> <141caf69-dde9-4c3a-b406-145146b3189d@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM Lars Tunkrans <drsnx60@gmail.com> wrote: > Den 2025-11-29 kl. 18:27, skrev Adrian Chadd: > hi! > On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 at 08:48, Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM FreeBSD User <freebsd@walstatt-de.de> wrote: > I've set hw.nvidia.registry.EnableGpuFirmware=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf.local, the > first one not. > > Please try setting this `hw.nvidia.registry.EnableGpuFirmware=1` > exactly in /boot/loader.conf and reboot. This needs to be set on boot > and before module is loaded not after :-) > > `hw.nvidiadrm.modeset=1` seems to be leftover from an old releases my > bad sorry :-P > > When did that change? I have hw.nvidiadrm.modeset=1 in my > /boot/loader.conf from when > I set this up earlier in this year. > > Even today in 16-current the pkg-message file for nvidia-drm-kmod-580.105.08 says : > > Modesetting must be enabled to use nvidia-drm.ko for graphics. This can be done > by setting the modeset sysctl, the equivalent of the modeset kernel parameter > on Linux. > > hw.nvidiadrm.modeset=1 > > This must be set before loading nvidia-drm.ko, most easily done by placing the > above in /boot/loader.conf. ACK! Sorry I did not find it in `sysctl -a | grep hw.nvidiadrm.modeset` and I thought its gone my mistake! :-( -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.infohome | help
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