From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 26 17:08:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68D99106566B for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:08:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF0E8FC14 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:08:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 31so433263yxl.13 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:08:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=/XyLzeC9Yw0I0woSjyYHq9mjAKRAgxHy9axe4LaglvM=; b=MMuXnr8ev0Nl5+c8kGqkcngCjkpSByGB9YxmuJhw9LymZGwNI7CHRW8UAgmI1yu08U ivfnz9LNSqmYArN3QtlT5mf2lAsuWbzOewNMCVKK+J5ebgED37e7p/C4klM9sNRgBpVi r2wflGCFcSWbRWVGB8BJ9VTAI3SNnnf3tYYzM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ojv4La/RcjId1r1tCpXaAmmlRgdUHiOzczqCYxX0GFYJzMEBlt8X7Pkzi7ynxn6YAn OUdzWr9Wq2Y50z+unABocfYWmfsd21uZkUzUxVQh/z39m9O9oI69mMDbY+9u868Uqhin Lhd17LPAO18n9rzMRYOYNODTQ2X7UX9XIuL/Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.96.15 with SMTP id t15mr784877agb.47.1235668103426; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:08:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:08:23 -0800 Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0902260908l4dded4e1r929ab9a1ee858fb5@mail.gmail.com> From: Garrett Cooper To: Rohit X Tripathi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: /dev/nviddiactl from current ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:08:24 -0000 On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Rohit X Tripathi wrote: > Hi, I installed the latest nvidia driver from ports, and found the following error: > > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Feb 26 04:04:07 2009 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (No such file or directory). > (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 *** > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > ^Cgiving up. > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): unexpected signal 2. > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "tp:0" in "remove" command > > > The X11/xorg.conf file was usable until earlier. > > -Rohit Is the kernel module actually loaded (kldstat will tell you that)? Thanks, -Garrett