From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Sep 19 06:25:50 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458C0BE04D0 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 06:25:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) Received: from dec.sakura.ne.jp (dec.sakura.ne.jp [210.188.226.8]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0571810 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 06:25:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) Received: from fortune.joker.local (123-48-23-227.dz.commufa.jp [123.48.23.227]) (authenticated bits=0) by dec.sakura.ne.jp (8.15.2/8.15.2/[SAKURA-WEB]/20080708) with ESMTPA id u8J6PdN7071649; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:25:39 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 15:25:39 +0900 From: Tomoaki AOKI To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia_load not working Message-Id: <20160919152539.2bc014f05d1276d1ebd8f0ae@dec.sakura.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <20160919020255.GG1292@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20160919020255.GG1292@albert.catwhisker.org> Organization: Junchoon corps X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 06:25:50 -0000 I suspect loader.efi issue rather than that you mentioned. https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-stable-11/2016-September/000503.html nvidia.ko is loaded as a dependency of nvidia-modeset.ko, so if nvidia.ko failed to load, nvidia-modeset.ko should fail as well. On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:02:55 -0700 David Wolfskill wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 06:58:38PM -0700, Charles Cowart wrote: > > I did a clean install of RC3 over RC2, and I noticed that nvidia_load="yes" > > no longer appears to work in /boot/loader.conf. I can still load the module > > from etc/rc.conf > > ... > > As the nvidia kernel module is part of a port/package, I suspect that > this is more of a "ports" issue than a "stable" issue; in particular, if > the version of the nvidia-driver you're using is sufficiently recent, > you may find a recent ports/UPDATING entry relevant: > > 20160829: > AFFECTS: users of x11/nvidia-driver > AUTHOR: cem@FreeBSD.org > > The NVidia driver has been updated to version 367.35. Starting with > version 358.09, new kernel module was added, nvidia-modeset.ko. This > new driver component works in conjunction with the nvidia.ko kernel > module to program the display engine of the GPU. > > Users that experience hangs when starting X11 server, or observe > > (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes: > (II) NVIDIA(0): "NULL" > > messages in their /var/log/Xorg.0.log file should replace ``nvidia'' > with ``nvidia-modeset'' in /boot/loader.conf or /etc/rc.conf files, > depending on how they prefer to load NVidia driver kernel module. > > Peace, > david > -- > David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org > Those who would murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. > > See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. -- Tomoaki AOKI