Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 20:03:47 +0000 From: Vittorio De Martino <vittorio@de-martino.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia doesn't start on cryptic errors Message-ID: <200705282003.47681.vittorio@de-martino.it> In-Reply-To: <200705281051.04823.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <200705281518.08238.vittorio@de-martino.it> <200705281051.04823.lists@jnielsen.net>
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Il Monday 28 May 2007 14:51:04 John Nielsen ha scritto: > On Monday 28 May 2007 11:18:07 Vittorio De Martino wrote: > > 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. > > > > (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 *** > > Not too cryptic. Make sure that the nvidia kernel module is loaded and try > again. To verify, type "kldstat". If nvidia.ko is not listed, type "kldload > nvidia". To load it automatically on boot (which is the only way for it to > load successfully), add a line like this to /boot/loader.conf: > > nvidia_load="YES" > > Then reboot. > Actually the nvidia.ko mdule was and is loaded hpbsd# kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 24 0xc0400000 5b33d8 kernel .................................. 4 3 0xc0a7e000 1e058 linux.ko 5 1 0xc0a9d000 435c acpi_video.ko 6 3 0xc0aa2000 61ba0 acpi.ko 7 1 0xc0b04000 6d4de0 nvidia.ko 8 1 0xc11d9000 aed4 cpufreq.ko 9 1 0xc11e4000 4a2c acpi_ibm.ko .................................. 15 1 0xc7245000 2000 rtc.ko I was able to eliminate the following error -------------------- (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 ------------------ because the required librpcsvc.so.2 has become (and is presente as) librpcsvc.so.3. Therefore I linked ln -s librpcsvc.so.3 librpcsvc.so.2 That's ok now BUT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NVIDIA: could not open the device /dev/nvidiactl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (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. still something incorrect prevents startx to fire X. The problems seems to be /dev/nvidiactl! Please help - Vittorio
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