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Date:      Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:34:08 +0200
From:      Frank Steinborn <steinex@nognu.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Binary nVidia-driver with GeForce2 Integrated GPU
Message-ID:  <20090718163408.GA50723@nognu.de>
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Hi list,

I have a box with a GeForce2 MX/MX400 onboard on an nForce-chipset and
want to use the binary nVidia-driver with it. I have to use the legacy
driver (96.43.13). It installs without problems, and the GPU gets
detected properly: 

nvidia0: <GeForce2 Integrated GPU> on vgapci0
vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_busmaster
vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
nvidia0: [ITHREAD]

However, if I start X, strange things happen. The video is shown, but
there are many artifacts and all looks kind of strange - it is
unusable. I can see the following from the nVidia-driver in dmesg
after X started:

NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014a00 0000004a 00000104 00000003
00000802
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014a00 0000004a 00000104 00000003
00000802
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014a00 0000004a 00000104 00000003
00000802
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014a00 0000004a 00000104 00000003
00000802
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01016100 0000008a 00000104 00000003
00000002
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014200 00000062 00000300 fffffff7
00000002
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014200 00000062 00000300 fffffff1
00000002
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01016100 0000008a 00000104 97004200
00000002
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01016100 0000008a 00000104 97004200
00000002
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01016100 0000008a 00000104 97004200
00000002
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014a00 0000004a 00000104 00000003
00000802
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01011900 00000019 00000104 00000003
00000802
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01011900 00000019 00000104 00000000
00000800
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01019700 00001196 00000c28 02410273
00000800
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01014a00 0000004a 00000104 00000003
00000802
NVRM: Xid (0002:00): 13, 0000 01016100 0000008a 00000104 97004200
00000002

The README of the driver says that Xid-errors occor when the card gets
wrong instructions from the driver and/or vice-versa, but that doesn't
help me much getting to the root of the problem.

What I've done so far to track this down:

- Tried the driver from ports (atm in version 96.43.11) and the one
  from the website (96.43.13).
- installed compat5x (The nVidia page claims this is necessary).
- I tried with agp-support from the nVidia-driver and with agp-support
  from the FreeBSD kernel.

All that did not changed the observed beharviour. I would be more than
happy if someone could provide me with a hint...

The Xorg.0.log doesn't provide meaningful informations, except the
Xid-errors shown above. xorg.conf attached.

Thanks,
Frank

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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/terminus-font"
EndSection
	

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	HorizSync    30-60
	VertRefresh  50-76
	Option 	     "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
	BoardName   "NVCrush11 [GeForce2 MX Integrated Graphics]"
	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     32 
	EndSubSection
EndSection


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