Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:28:58 +1000 From: "Alastair G. Hogge" <agh@tpg.com.au> To: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: problem with nvidia graphics card and -current Message-ID: <200308051328.58317.agh@tpg.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20030805030717.GA6732@gforce.johnson.home> References: <20030804044856.GA1904@gforce.johnson.home> <20030805030717.GA6732@gforce.johnson.home>
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On Tuesday, 05 August 2003 13:07, Glenn Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 11:48:56PM -0500, wrote: > > I was setting up a system today with an nvidia Geforce4-MX 440 > > graphics card. I am not at the system at the moment but the -current > > sources were from about 2:00 PM CDT. I installed the nvidia-driver > > port (1.0.4365) trying various combinations of WITH_FREEBSD_AGP, > > FORCE_AGP_RATE, and WITH_NVIDIA_HACKS. I get the same result. The > > first time an X server is started, everything works fine, including > > glx loading. After exiting the X session and shutting down the > > server and then at some point later starting the X server again, the > > system will freeze. No messages, no panic, nothing. The only thing > > to do is hit the reset button. > > I played with this a bit more tonight. I rebuilt the kernel (fresh > cvsup) and the nvidia-driver bits. I even tried loading without glx. > I still have the same problem. At this point I do not know if this is > a problem with the nvidia-driver port, a problem with -current, or > something I am doing wrong. Does anybody have a functioning nvidia card > with FreeBSD -current at this time? Yes I do. I posted to the list a few days with a glx problem. However the problem was solved when I did an update one day ago. I didn't have to changed anything either. I didn't know what was wrong for some reason X would about with sig 10 or 11 when the glx module was loaded. have you checked out: http://www.soulwax.net/nvidia/faq.shtml They list a whole bunch of things to try.
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