From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 25 21:06:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 8152E16A420 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:06:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB75443D4C for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:06:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from [82.41.253.249] ([82.41.253.249]) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:07:38 +0100 Message-ID: <43371168.8020900@dial.pipex.com> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:06:48 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-GB; rv:1.7.11) Gecko/20050917 X-Accept-Language: en-us, pl MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dick hoogendijk References: <20050925225642.1e70520e.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20050925225642.1e70520e.dick@nagual.st> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Sep 2005 21:07:38.0242 (UTC) FILETIME=[28AC7620:01C5C215] Cc: fbsdq Subject: Re: NVRM: AGP cannot be enabled on this combination of the AMD CPU and OS kernel 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: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 21:06:51 -0000 dick hoogendijk wrote: >I have problems getting the nvidia driver to work. >I get these error msgs starting X > >NVRM: AGP cannot be enabled on this combination of the AMD CPU and OS >kernel NVRM: kernel upgrade recommended > >+ I recompiled my generic kernel and leave option AGP out. >(nvidia's agp gart is used then) >+ I use FreeBSD-5.4p7 >+ AGP card is "GeForce 6600 GT" >+ CPU: Athlon64 3400+ > >I looked into the README file and did some googling but could not find >an answer. Where does this error msg come from? >What can I do about it? > >I did a normal portinstall of the nvidia driver so it's compiled *not* >to use freebsd's agp.ko > >Although Xorg seems to work I'd rather know what the problem is.. > > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=52388 --Alex