From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 30 13:38:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD17B16A420 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:38:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dangkm@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1EF213C43E for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:38:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dangkm@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so448384uge.37 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:38:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KlCH+0pdUr4hHASEcParPeRUjMlMHtpi/HjWPKtaiYE=; b=rQgMzsS5bal3tgageVXoSImIRw9kb0ZqRtw98up8FmrM8Et1UBui5eoVNdLKTQWEPLb7+10IrspWB8haBxRjBEszXtLlErBj7igezG4+2rjo6vRWuXh1c1MReZNpOT2cUnBMEipv5byjjRvvEh2Iv28b4ugIcnPL8tFOUOMsT+U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Jfc2KgjjqoamexJhxD89PclIGWeNY/bnwDsjYF85mpHWitAaFpWYVuyd8J3EiVZhFNcrQW/Uxie+mqAWKNRfEDVu3M9fj6Dci21Wu0rlWRiBPNgsIveFkxiCyo/hhQcglHIPtOcg8gWB4Y8ewCWWbvcuhcBfrK2iG5sOkkblVZA= Received: by 10.66.255.7 with SMTP id c7mr2764029ugi.43.1201700322193; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:38:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from myCompaq.inf.ed.ac.uk ( [129.215.37.56]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q1sm5598451uge.7.2008.01.30.05.38.40 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:38:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <47A07DE1.6030708@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:38:41 +0000 From: Kemian Dang User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Baptiste Grenier References: <47A06CC5.2040905@gmail.com> <20080130132252.GB43997@healthgrid.org> In-Reply-To: <20080130132252.GB43997@healthgrid.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia video driver and Fb7 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: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:38:44 -0000 Hi, It works, thanks a lot. But, it seems the size of the font is larger than before, anyway the main problem is not the font size:) Best wishes, Kemain Baptiste Grenier 写道: > 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 > >