Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:22:52 +0100 From: Baptiste Grenier <baptiste.grenier@healthgrid.org> To: Kemian Dang <dangkm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia video driver and Fb7 Message-ID: <20080130132252.GB43997@healthgrid.org> In-Reply-To: <47A06CC5.2040905@gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Le 30/01/08 à 13:32, Kemian Dang téléscripta : > Hi, everyone, > I have installed the FB7-rc1 and the nvidia driver from port and kept > update to the newest version, but when I change the xorg.conf to use the > "nvidia" instead of "nv", the X gave a complain about no /dev/nvidiactl and > stops, so I can only use nv, which seems slow on some 3d application. > I tried to download the source from nvidia web page to compile, but it said > it is not for fb7 now. But, when I install from port, it did not give any > error or warning. > > > So, have anyone tried nvidia driver on fb7 and succeed? Please give some > advice on how to solve this problem. Hi, Are you loading the nvidia module at boot time? I remember someone explaining that the nvidia module needs to register the card before the kernel. A kldload is unsifficient, you need to reboot with this in your /boot/loader.conf: -------------8<----------- nvidia_load="YES" -------------8<----------- HTH, Baptiste -- Baptiste Grenier | PGP: 0x069112E2 HealthGrid SysAdmin http://healthgrid.org/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHoHosLLKEaQaREuIRAn7rAKCBITQfmmn6s2fmQ4NulEf11wZi0gCeIKSU 5PhPhxNF+171b1IaIB6fBu4= =Nh4Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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