From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 22:53:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 274BA16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:53:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out011.verizon.net (out011pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B84F43D55 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:53:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from keyslapper.org ([68.163.166.57]) by out011.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20041129225336.EVOU1380.out011.verizon.net@keyslapper.org> for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:53:36 -0600 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iATMraV3039608 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:53:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iATMrZJL039607 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:53:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:53:35 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041129225335.GI23654@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200411291513.35761.kirk@strauser.com> <20041129215849.GH23654@keyslapper.org> <20041129171611.eqs4wkgok080swcg@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20041129171611.eqs4wkgok080swcg@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out011.verizon.net from [68.163.166.57] at Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:53:36 -0600 Subject: Re: NVidia driver not using AGP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:53:38 -0000 On 11/29/04 05:16 PM, Kenneth Culver sat at the `puter and typed: > Quoting Louis LeBlanc : > > > The xorg.conf card section is: > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "NV TwinView" > > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > > Driver "nvidia" > > # update this with the PCI id of your card. Consult the output > > # of the 'lspci' command. The BusID is usually optional when > > # only using one graphics card. > > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > > BoardName "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]" > > > > # These are extras that may need removal > > Option "NoLogo" "True" > > Option "RenderAccel" "True" > > Option "NvAGP" "0" > > The above line turns of AGP altogether. No, it turns off the NVidia AGP driver: # sysctl dev.agp dev.agp.0.%desc: Intel 82875P host to AGP bridge dev.agp.0.%driver: agp dev.agp.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dev.agp.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x2578 subvendor=0x1028 subdevice=0x0157 class=0x060000 dev.agp.0.%parent: pci0 The FreeBSD agp device is still active. > > > > # sysctl hw.nvidia > > hw.nvidia.agp.card.rates: 8x 4x > > hw.nvidia.agp.card.fw: supported > > hw.nvidia.agp.card.sba: supported > > hw.nvidia.agp.card.registers: 0x1f000e1b:0x00000000 > > hw.nvidia.agp.status.status: disabled > > hw.nvidia.agp.status.driver: n/a (unused) > > The above lines confirm that AGP is off. They confirm that NVidia AGP is off. > > > According to your system, AGP isn't working on your system either. My video is working quite well with the FreeBSD AGP device. I've never worked with a system that had more responsive video, and that's using the twinview feature to run two monitors. Makes me want to work from home all the time, since my work desktop is a pokey old 440Mhz hacked together piece of junk that was built 5 years ago. Just because NVidia wrote their own AGP driver doesn't mean every one of their cards must have it to function well. I believe it is mentioned in the linux readme that some cards are better off with the AGP driver that comes with the OS. I know I read something to that affect somewhere. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Information is the inverse of entropy.