From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 27 18:50:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44FB116A404 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:50:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCBF643D48 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:50:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.165] (dhcp-171-165.centtech.com [10.177.171.165]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3RIojFX052816; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:50:45 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <44511289.4050805@centtech.com> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:50:49 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060402) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith References: <4450BA10.6020007@centtech.com> <445111B2.7040708@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <445111B2.7040708@math.missouri.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1426/Wed Apr 26 13:03:01 2006 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVidia driver on 6.1-PRERELEASE causes panic X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:50:46 -0000 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------