Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:44:22 +0100 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Giuseppe Pagnoni <gpagnoni@gmail.com>, Paul Procacci <pprocacci@datapipe.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1, nvidia-driver, GeForce 8500 GT Message-ID: <200901081344.23105.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <92056ebc0901062317n2022daf2s8990dc78255f87e4@mail.gmail.com> References: <92056ebc0901061334o40f37463y84cdfda54e281126@mail.gmail.com> <4963EE76.1050808@datapipe.com> <92056ebc0901062317n2022daf2s8990dc78255f87e4@mail.gmail.com>
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> >>>> How much memory do you have? Freebsd/Nvidia doesn't work with 4Gigs > >>>> of memory OR PAE enabled kernels. Nvidia's forums have lots more > >>>> information > >>>> regarding this. > >> > >> I'm not sure of the internals exactly, but the amount of onboard memory > >> plus the memory that comes with the card can't exceed 4G. (I could be > >> wrong, but I think this is accurate). In this case, assuming you have a > >> 512M card or similar then 3 Gigs of memory should work. I have seen > >> reports of 2Gigs of memory working (i386) and am sure that works without > >> problems. amd64 doesn't work at all, as you have already stated. > >> > >> If you have a requirement to use the nvidia based graphics driver, then > >> you really don't have an alternative at this time, then to remove system > >> memory from your main board. > >> > >> ~Paul Putting hw.physmem="3G" in /boot/loader.conf might also work. -- Pieter de Goeje
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