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Date:      Mon, 28 May 2007 10:52:08 -0400 (CLT)
From:      "Daniel Molina Wegener" <dmw@unete.cl>
To:        "Vittorio De Martino" <vittorio@de-martino.it>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Nvidia doesn't start on cryptic errors
Message-ID:  <35213.64.117.137.69.1180363928.squirrel@webmail.ifxnw.cl>
In-Reply-To: <200705281518.08238.vittorio@de-martino.it>
References:  <200705281518.08238.vittorio@de-martino.it>

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Hello,

   Have you loaded the kernel module for the nvidia driver?

   You must load nvidia from loader.conf.

Regards,
DMW


El Lun, 28 de Mayo de 2007, 11:18, Vittorio De Martino escribió:
> 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
>
>
> <extract from Xorg.0.log>
> ........................................................
>
> (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.
> </extract from Xorg.0.log>
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