From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Oct  1 19:01:49 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5855A16A4B3
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Wed,  1 Oct 2003 19:01:49 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from axe-inc.co.jp (axegw.axe-inc.co.jp [61.199.217.66])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDE6443FE1
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Wed,  1 Oct 2003 19:01:45 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from takawata@axe-inc.co.jp)
Received: from axe-inc.co.jp ([192.47.224.47])
	by axe-inc.co.jp (8.9.3+3.2W/3.7W) with ESMTP id LAA04959;
	Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:01:35 +0900 (JST)
Message-Id: <200310020201.LAA04959@axe-inc.co.jp>
To: Justin Smith <jsmith@drexel.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 01 Oct 2003 20:46:59 -0400."
             <1065051659.1040.1.camel@localhost>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 11:03:26 +0900
From: User Takawata <takawata@axe-inc.co.jp>
cc: current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Nvidia driver
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 02:01:49 -0000

In message <1065051659.1040.1.camel@localhost>, Justin Smith wrote:
>MY system:
>FreeBSD jsmith.org 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #0: Wed Oct  1
>13:55:06 EDT 2003     jsmith@jsmith.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
>i386
>
>
>Whenever I try to use the nividia driver for X windows, my system
>reboots. Any suggestions?

Which chipset do you using? And what your dmesg saying about agp0 ?
I had a problem when I use i845G + GeForceMX400, like you.
This was because kernel recognzie AGP controller as 
agp0: <Intel Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xd0000000-0xd3ffffff at device 0.0
so it failed to manipulate.