Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:34:34 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com>, Ali Mashtizadeh <mashtizadeh@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver w/RELENG_7 Message-ID: <200801140834.34917.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080114015546.GA1545@darklight.org.ru> References: <440b3e930801131722p1289b434w66633e302936aa12@mail.gmail.com> <20080114015546.GA1545@darklight.org.ru>
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On Sunday 13 January 2008 08:55:46 pm Yuri Pankov wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 05:22:46PM -0800, Ali Mashtizadeh wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have the nvidia video driver working with releng 7? What I am > > seeing is that the kernel module compiles and loads fine, but it will not > > detect any video card. I've tried removing the agp device from my BSD kernel > > and using nvidia's. > > > > -- > > Ali Mashtizadeh > > علی مشتی زاده > > If you are sure that installed version of nvidia-driver supports your > card, try putting nvidia_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf. I guess your > problem is vgapci attaching to device, leaving nvidia module without > hardware to attach, like below: > > vgapci0@pci0:5:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x40161682 chip=0x040210de > rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Nvidia Corp' > device = 'GeForce 8600 GT' > class = display > subclass = VGA Actually, nvidia-driver is supposed to be a child of vgapci0 so it can cooperate with things like acpi_video(4). The Nvidia driver author is aware of this and should be able to fix it. -- John Baldwinhome | help
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