From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 11 23:20:05 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 116B316A4A5 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:20:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phatbuckett@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5BD13C458 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:20:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phatbuckett@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so27723waf for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:20:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=zJVEZpoLJFzEbs5b+JU0hOXIxf0xYm/w8u6z+cl+gQk=; b=c0huy8Fs55auZhURNgIemoSu4dJ269fq0DsITkQK9j8njfu3yaXQNaRvL72tKzmAee7bE1UeOjG8VjfzZ4pHrmvO8JYpKyWAHMgTf25uTTF4JThScWY7Qmbu5z+wkSKyBCcqpKVKCHq0PkAiGcg7vu1gs+qAsObXeMWcrg8Toyk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Ny/5+MbucmP48WDnlCCoUvXKJA5K6qUphQ7BkH6/zHM6zky1EsKe6SSQy3tPhpz+uO7mtZ6uG4MN5lTN6pUXPzHsQ/eirrQZc5U6IEqrs1wFbndcB3KLqdP7tdA0NqtPJngLXHY3tcq/Jj3ovEJWPV/qDmy3BD0WobJ8myHglb8= Received: by 10.142.141.5 with SMTP id o5mr339846wfd.1189552800149; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.109.5 with HTTP; Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <839aec700709111620n247bae1ard35ffeeeba356ae4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:20:00 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" To: "Bruce Cran" In-Reply-To: <46E709CD.4070408@cran.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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> <46E709CD.4070408@cran.org.uk> Cc: Mel , 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 23:20:05 -0000 On 9/11/07, Bruce Cran wrote: > 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. 3 of us have posted a thread on nvidia forums as problem reports; I've at least tried an older (legacy) driver version to no luck and eliminated every suggestion I've gotten from the fbsd community as well. If anyone would like, feel free to piggyback on the thread. There's been no help response on the forums for a couple of days now. http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=45590 If this *is* an issue with the nvidia driver, is there a good way for us to alert Nvidia? Customer support, I guess? -- Darren Spruell phatbuckett@gmail.com