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Date:      Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:01:51 +0930
From:      Ian Moore <no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Adam Stroud <adam.stroud@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Nvidia Driver
Message-ID:  <200507151501.58712.no-spam@swiftdsl.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <d1a2799d05071420077edefc16@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <d1a2799d05071420077edefc16@mail.gmail.com>

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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, (=3D=3D) default setting,
>
> 	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>
> 	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>
> (=3D=3D) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jul 14 22:50:09 2005
>
> (=3D=3D) 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).
>
>
> =1B[1madam@osirus:/boot>=1B[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 - ta=
ke=20
a look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for details.
That might be the cause of your problem.

Cheers,
=2D-=20
Ian
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