Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:50:49 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVidia driver on 6.1-PRERELEASE causes panic Message-ID: <44511289.4050805@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <445111B2.7040708@math.missouri.edu> References: <4450BA10.6020007@centtech.com> <445111B2.7040708@math.missouri.edu>
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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: >> I'm trying to set up a new laptop (Dell Latitude 820), which has an >> NVidia Quadro 110 video card. >> >> I've built and installed the nvidia-driver port, and it loads the >> module successfully. However, I'm not getting any newly created >> devices in /dev/, so Xorg won't start (complains about not having the >> kernel module installed, although it is, I presume because the >> /dev/nvidiactl device isn't being created). >> >> Upon kldunloading the nvidia module, my machine panics and dumps, so I >> have some cores lying around. > > Just to reply to a less important aspect of your question - I find that > kldunloading the nvidia module frequently causes panics on many > different computers. > > Also I have had trouble getting nvidia drivers to work on more modern > hardware. The solution that works for me is to wait until nvidia > upgrade their software and/or to wait until the computer manufacturer > updates their BIOS. One of these always fixed the problem for me, but > it did require waiting about 6 months to a year. > > In the mean time, have you tried the nv driver? It might not give cool > 3D acceleration, but it may well work. I don't care much about 3d, but my screen does 1920x1200, which the nv driver doesn't seem to do. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!) Thanks for the input.. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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