From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 13:18:25 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F6D716A46F for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 13:18:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vittorio@de-martino.it) Received: from smtp3.aruba.it (smtpd.aruba.it [62.149.128.207]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3C4013C455 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 13:18:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vittorio@de-martino.it) Received: (qmail 8554 invoked by uid 89); 28 May 2007 13:18:08 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 8428, pid: 8521, t: 0.8516s scanners: clamav: 0.88.4/m:40/d:1722 Received: from unknown (HELO ?83.225.80.103?) (ml-vic@de-martino.it@83.225.80.103) by smtp3.aruba.it with SMTP; 28 May 2007 13:18:07 -0000 From: Vittorio De Martino To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 15:18:07 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200705281518.08238.vittorio@de-martino.it> X-Spam-Rating: smtp3.aruba.it 1.6.2 0/1000/N Subject: Nvidia doesn't start on cryptic errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 13:18:25 -0000 On my newly bought HP pavillion 6366 notebook with freebsd 6.2 - p4 and one of the latest portsnap I have an nvidia go 7400 card, *** fully *** supported by the nvidia driver according to the docs. I followed the minimal configuration by nvidia-xconfig and just taiored the language for the keyboard....BUT startx fails to load X and in the log file I find I find the below reported errors. Being a beginner I find myself somewhat disorientated by these errors that I couldn't find surfing the net. Please help Ciao Vittorio ........................................................ (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.9746 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.9746 Module class: X.Org Video Driver .................................... (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 1.0-9746 Tue Dec 19 13:23:45 PST 2006 (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found (II) Loading sub module "fb" (II) LoadModule: "fb" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.so (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2 (II) Loading sub module "wfb" (II) LoadModule: "wfb" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libwfb.so dlopen: Shared object "librpcsvc.so.2" not found, required by "libwfb.so" (EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libwfb.so (II) UnloadModule: "wfb" (EE) Failed to load module "wfb" (loader failed, 7) (II) Loading sub module "ramdac" (II) LoadModule: "ramdac" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.so (II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8 (II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call: ..................... (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and (EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details. (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac" (II) UnloadModule: "fb" (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.