From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 28 18:16:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5380416A421 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 18:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F2BF13C4B8 for ; Mon, 28 May 2007 18:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4SIGVeg007800 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 28 May 2007 11:16:31 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-166-149-71.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.166.149.71]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4SIGVZ7026897 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 28 May 2007 11:16:31 -0700 Message-ID: <465B1C7E.1020904@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 11:16:30 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vittorio De Martino References: <200705281518.08238.vittorio@de-martino.it> <200705281051.04823.lists@jnielsen.net> <200705282003.47681.vittorio@de-martino.it> In-Reply-To: <200705282003.47681.vittorio@de-martino.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.5.28.110037 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia doesn't start on cryptic errors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:16:36 -0000 Vittorio De Martino wrote: > 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 Add yourself to the video group and chown/mod the /dev node until you have read, write, and executable access. -Garrett