From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 11 22:08:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 490C516A41A for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (muon.bluestop.org [80.68.94.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FC6313C474 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.draftnet (dyn-62-56-99-22.dslaccess.co.uk [62.56.99.22]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0428C303CA; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:31:49 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <46E709CD.4070408@cran.org.uk> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:34:05 +0100 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mel References: <839aec700709061310m44a1f0f8p55fd7706ed3c02af@mail.gmail.com> <200709072045.58773.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> <839aec700709071543l241ec6bck8f37712f4dbd4011@mail.gmail.com> <200709081659.32603.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200709081659.32603.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia-driver rebooting machine on X startup 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: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:08:11 -0000 Mel wrote: > There's 3 things left I can think of: > - weird module clash > - bug in nvidia-driver (I assume you're running Xorg 7.x) > - driver was not built against running kernel > I'm seeing a similar problem, but my system spontaneously reboots whenever it uses any 3D - for example any of the 3D xscreensaver modules in full screen mode. I'm running 7.0-CURRENT and just realised I have PREEMPTION enabled since it's now in GENERIC. I remember a while ago this caused stability problems with the nvidia driver - does anyone know if this could still be a problem? I think there's more going on however, since the driver doesn't seem to know about my card during bootup (it shows ) though it clearly does find it when starting Xorg. Going back to the nvidia-driver-96xx port appears to fix the problems, and that driver does know what nVidia card I'm using during boot. -- Bruce Cran