Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:29:01 -0600 From: Chris Radlinski <radlinskic@acm.org> To: SirDice <sirdice@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nv problems on AMD64 6.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <1167852540.1210.3.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <459BFB7F.50303@xs4all.nl> References: <1167788376.3390.3.camel@localhost> <459BE199.9040208@xs4all.nl> <1167847414.1210.1.camel@localhost> <459BFB7F.50303@xs4all.nl>
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I'm running the latest release BIOS release and there's no AGP rate option. Could this be because my board is PCI Express? Thanks, Chris On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 12:52, SirDice wrote: > Chris Radlinski wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. I'm not using the proprietary NVidia drivers. > > I'm using the open-source X.org nv driver. Is there a way to adjust the > > agp rate on that driver? > > Not that I know of, neither is there on the proprietary driver. I had to > lower the AGP rate in my BIOS. I know you're using the nv driver, I just > find it interesting I had the exact same symptoms even though I am using > the proprietary drivers. It also seems varied between kernel/OS updates. > Sometimes I can set it to it's max, at other times I need to lower it > while having the same version of the NVidia driver. This leads me to > believe it's not so much a driver issue but something in the kernel > itself (either generating the errors or not dealing with them properly). > > YMMV but it's worth a shot, so is upgrading the BIOS to it's latest > version. Which I had to do to even be able to lower the AGP rate in the > BIOS. > > Cheers, > > Remko C.
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