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Date:      Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:06:42 +0200
From:      Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nvidia-driver rebooting machine on X startup
Message-ID:  <200709062306.42825.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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On Thursday 06 September 2007 22:10:42 Darren Spruell wrote:
> Wondering if this is a known issue, or if anyone has suggestions to
> get it working...?
>
> Running FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 SMP i386.
>
> I installed nvidia-driver-100.14.11 from ports (Sep. 5 snapshot),
> Linux compatibility enabled. After loading modules 'linux' and
> 'nvidia', I do:
>
> # X -configure
> # X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
>
> At this point the system spontaneously reboots. 'X -configure' runs
> fine and produces a configuration without issue, but the reboot
> occcurs when launching X. Nothing is output to screen (it flickers as
> if starting X), and nothing is written to /var/log/Xorg.0.log. I do
> get the same behavior if running 'xorgcfg'.
>
> Card info:
>
> "NV41 [Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI] rev 162"
>
> nvidia0@pci7:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x029b10de chip=0x00cd10de
> rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
>     vendor   = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>     class    = display
>     subclass = VGA

> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
>         BoardName   "NV41 [Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI]"
>         BusID       "PCI:7:0:0"
> EndSection

Removing BusID do anything? All those Displays sounds a bit much too. I 
*strongly* recommend using nvidia-xconfig (x11/nvidia-config).

And anything /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Using nvAgp or FreeBSD Agp?

-- 
Mel



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