Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:19:08 -0400 From: nawcom <nawcom@nawcom.no-ip.com> To: Adam Stroud <adam.stroud@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia Driver Message-ID: <42D7B7CC.1070404@nawcom.no-ip.com> In-Reply-To: <d1a2799d050715061413e6d890@mail.gmail.com> References: <d1a2799d05071420077edefc16@mail.gmail.com> <200507151501.58712.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au> <42D7B61C.8010906@nawcom.no-ip.com> <d1a2799d050715061413e6d890@mail.gmail.com>
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well hey stuff like this happenes - i had to handle an issues like this. let us know whats stopping it, will be willing to help. good luck, Ben Adam Stroud wrote: >Well, > >That poses a problem. During the upgrade (via portupgrade) my machine >rebooted on it's own and now won't boot. I think I am getting a >kernel error that I was just about to post in another email to the >questions list. I will copy you on that post. > >A > >On 7/15/05, nawcom <nawcom@nawcom.no-ip.com> wrote: > > >>if you can, go ahead and print out your xorg.conf settings and the log >>file for it. I am suspicous that theres something up with that. >> >>Ben >> >>Ian Moore wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Friday 15 July 2005 12:37, Adam Stroud wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>All: >>>> >>>>I am having a problem getting my nvidia video card to work since I >>>>portupgraded to the latest nvidia driver in the port. I had >>>>everything working find using many of the old verions. Then I >>>>upgraded to the latest version and now when I attempt tp startx, I >>>>get: >>>> >>>>X Window System Version 6.8.2 >>>> >>>>Release Date: 9 February 2005 >>>> >>>>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 >>>> >>>>Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.4 i386 [ELF] >>>> >>>>Current Operating System: FreeBSD osirus.stronet.dyndns.org 5.4-STABLE >>>>FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Fri Jun 24 23:25:37 EDT 2005 >>>>adam@osirus.stronet.dyndns.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/APS_KERN i386 >>>> >>>>Build Date: 24 June 2005 >>>> >>>> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org >>>> >>>> to make sure that you have the latest version. >>>> >>>>Module Loader present >>>> >>>>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: Thu Jul 14 22:50:09 2005 >>>> >>>>(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" >>>> >>>>(EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0) >>>> >>>>(EE) No devices detected. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Fatal server error: >>>> >>>>no screens found >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support >>>> >>>> at http://wiki.X.Org >>>> >>>>for help. >>>> >>>>Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional >>>>information. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). >>>> >>>> >>>>[1madam@osirus:/boot>[mexit >>>> >>>>exit >>>> >>>>I looked and /var/log/messages, and FreeBSD sees the video card and I >>>>verified that the module is loaded with kldinfo. As I said, >>>>everything worked fine with the older version of the port. Does >>>>anyone have any ideas? >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>>A >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>What card do you have - nvidia have dropped support for older chipsets - take >>>a look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for details. >>>That might be the cause of your problem. >>> >>>Cheers, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >>
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