From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 26 17:22:45 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 201571065850 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:22:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C60368FC1B for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:22:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b38so462275ana.13 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:22:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:to:cc :in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version :x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3tk9Px1u3U7hkvXvJdZ2PdKmEow2zdeNWA/p65fpvac=; b=FqLE/2iS3adOA98Jp8NdZ6IZvpDnN1cYjlTL3+J3XvJOZCP5df6tfncmZbMU4HfYmt /ToUdH/atKWuZrc5GKK7kst6JJgh1dAh0xdMnE1VWgy5ZW079FgtvtdpG3Ma4QttepVo SmSPf0meTxZDxJxD1aAET0wryPLzBbe6V9+cI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=CCwrJXbZm+UvreTiVG35e40Vm0piLkeklgBPSCzf/sBumwkADfvCTzWW+2KGsxnWGH Kzsq4jkJSeQ+g2H9LFgNxhHT8k9CAKpp0w0AjgeCghSl6Il61hmAyha6NADYuPV6vcsW 6Lck0Or9zam95mI+sQovd8wDBE0JdH3Vs60iQ= Received: by 10.100.142.19 with SMTP id p19mr1786728and.3.1235668964246; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:22:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? (87-194-39-182.bethere.co.uk [87.194.39.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i8sm8733208nfh.29.2009.02.26.09.22.43 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:22:43 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Evans To: Rohit X Tripathi In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:22:42 +0000 Message-Id: <1235668962.2224.72.camel@strangepork.mintel.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port 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 17:22:47 -0000 On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:59 -0500, 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 > What branch of FreeBSD are you running? Did you load the nvidia kernel module (add nvidia_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf)? What messages were emitted after loading it? What nvidia card do you have ( pciconf -lv | grep -B5 VGA)? Cheers