Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:36:41 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: dhesser@accima.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVIDIA (port) driver fails to create /dev/nvidactl; 8.2Prerelease Message-ID: <201101311136.41694.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20110128124312.a837f288.dhesser@accima.com> References: <20110128124312.a837f288.dhesser@accima.com>
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On Friday, January 28, 2011 3:43:12 pm Duane H. Hesser wrote: > I am attempting to replace the 'nv' X11 driver with the "official" > nvidia driver from ithe x11/nvidia-driver port, in order to handle > the AVCHD video files from my Canon HF S20. > > I have been trying for several days now, having read the nvidia > README file in /usr/local/share and everything Google has to offer. > > Unfortunately devilfs is smarter and meaner than I. > > The 'xorg.conf' file is created by nividia-xconfig. The console > output when calling 'startx' to begin the frustration is > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > X.Org X Server 1.7.5 > Release Date: 2010-02-16 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386 > Current Operating System: FreeBSD belinda.androcles.org 8.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE #3: Thu Jan 27 13:45:06 PST 2011 root@belinda.androcles.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BELINDA i386 > Build Date: 08 January 2011 05:52:50PM > > Current version of pixman: 0.18.4 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 28 11:32:46 2011 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (No such file or directory). > (EE) Jan 28 11:32:46 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the > (EE) Jan 28 11:32:46 NVIDIA(0): system's kernel log for additional error messages and > (EE) Jan 28 11:32:46 NVIDIA(0): consult the NVIDIA README for details. > (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found You don't have an nvidia0 device attached to vgapci0. I would suggest adding printfs to the nvidia driver's probe routine to find out why it failed to probe. -- John Baldwin
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