From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 20:11:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB39237B401 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 20:11:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remt25.cluster1.charter.net (remt25.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43D0343F85 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 20:11:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glennpj@charter.net) Received: from [24.158.214.251] (HELO gforce.johnson.home) by remt25.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP id 113467091; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:11:01 -0400 Received: from gforce.johnson.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gforce.johnson.home (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h763AuaN018544; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:10:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from glenn@gforce.johnson.home) Received: (from glenn@localhost) by gforce.johnson.home (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h763AtXP018515; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:10:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from glenn) Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:10:55 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson To: FreeBSD current users Message-ID: <20030806031055.GA1940@gforce.johnson.home> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD current users , "Alastair G. Hogge" , "Matthew N. Dodd" References: <20030804044856.GA1904@gforce.johnson.home> <20030805041159.GA898@gforce.johnson.home> <20030805003300.I99550@sasami.jurai.net> <200308051438.05939.agh@tpg.com.au> <20030805045305.GA1137@gforce.johnson.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030805045305.GA1137@gforce.johnson.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Subject: Re: problem with nvidia graphics card and -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 03:11:04 -0000 On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:53:05PM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 02:38:05PM +1000, Alastair G. Hogge wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 05 August 2003 14:34, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > Question for the developers: Is there someway to avoid having > > > > the combination of vesa and nvidia cause a total lockup of the > > > > machine? I have a feeling I may not be the last person to try > > > > the nvidia driver with vesa enabled, either as a module, or > > > > compiled in the kernel. > > > > > > I'm running a system with the VESA stuff compiled in; the nvidia > > > drivers work just fine. > > > > > > IIRC you're running with ACPI; try not doing that. > > > > I'm also running a system with the vesa module loaded. I'm also > > running ACPI. > > Hmm, the only other thing I can offer here is that I had the console > screen set to "-g 100x37 VESA_800x600". How does that fit into > the picture? Perhaps I could have left vesa in but just set the > resolution to something else. Well, I can have the vesa kernel module loaded and use standard modes for the console and all is well. However, If I use any of the VESA video modes, the nvidia driver will not work. I can start the X server once, any subsequent attempt to restart the X server will cause the machine to freeze up if any of the VESA modes for the console are loaded. -- Glenn Johnson glennpj@charter.net