Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:43:59 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia-driver rebooting machine on X startup Message-ID: <839aec700709071543l241ec6bck8f37712f4dbd4011@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200709072045.58773.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <839aec700709061310m44a1f0f8p55fd7706ed3c02af@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070906170214.026e63f8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <839aec700709071043i307b8eb7p786a262982c52b4b@mail.gmail.com> <200709072045.58773.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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On 9/7/07, Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> On Friday 07 September 2007 19:43:03 Darren Spruell wrote:
> > On 9/6/07, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote:
> > > At 03:10 PM 9/6/2007, 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
> > >
> > > I've tried an alternate version of the binary driver
> > > (nvidia-driver-96xx) to see if there was any change, and it also
> > > reboots on X startup.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Check your AGP settings and consult the readme, chapter 9, for the
> > > latest driver. You should be running the latest driver with your card.
> > >
> > > Make sure you have the correct AGP settings, either letting FreeBSD do
> > > it in the kernel or disable the kernel and let the Nvidia driver manage
> > > it.
> >
> > So, I'm not having terrific luck with any combination of settings I try.
> >
> > The latest FreeBSD driver release from Nvidia is the same as the
> > version in the ports tree. This is what I've installed.
> >
> > Attempting the AGPGART route (building the driver with
> > "WITH_FREEBSD_AGP=yes" and disabling NvAgp support in xorg.conf) still
> > results in a reboot.
> >
> > Going the NvAGP route (Building without support for AGPGART, setting
> > NvAgp to 1 in the xorg.conf, and setting hint.agp.0.disabled=1 in
> > /boot/device.hints) also results in a reboot when X starts. One thing
> > I notice here; when I specify hint.agp.0.disabled=1, and check the
> > output of 'kldstat -v' after booting, I still see several agp drivers
> > loaded:
> >
> > $ kldstat -v |grep -i agp
> > 387 pci/agp_ali
> > 388 pci/agp_amd
> > 389 pci/agp_amd64
> > 390 pci/agp_ati
> > 391 pci/agp_i810
> > 392 pci/agp_intel
> > 393 pci/agp_nvidia
> > 394 pci/agp_sis
> > 395 pci/agp_via
> >
> > Is this a problem?
> >
> > I suspect a couple of problems with what I'm doing. Number one,
> > there's several knobs to turn (in the driver, in the OS, etc.) and
> > it's possible I'm not getting the correct combination. Other thing is,
> > I've been told by a technician that this is a PCI Express video card,
> > so would AGP even come into play?
>
> Probably not. I'm seeing the same thing on one machine, no AGP on MB, and agp
> kernel modules loaded, but nvidia-driver doesn't care about it.
> Let's kill all red herrings:
> - Is COMPAT5X in the kernel?
COMPAT5X doesn't show up anywhere in /usr/src/; I do have 'options
COMPAT_FREEBSD5' defined, though (stock SMP kernel).
> - Does running `nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info' reboot the system?
> - If you do not load the nvidia kernel module, but use Xorg's "nv" driver does
> this reboot the system?
No, doesn't reboot the system. Output attached below.
With the 'nv' driver, X starts fine. I don't use it because I don't
have success with the two output displays and xinerama window sizing.
nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info:
Number of GPUs: 1
GPU #0:
Name : Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI
PCI BusID : PCI:7:0:0
Number of Display Devices: 2
Display Device 0 (CRT-0):
EDID Name : DELL 2001FP
Minimum HorizSync : 31.000 kHz
Maximum HorizSync : 80.000 kHz
Minimum VertRefresh : 56 Hz
Maximum VertRefresh : 76 Hz
Maximum PixelClock : 162.000 MHz
Maximum Width : 1600 pixels
Maximum Height : 1200 pixels
Preferred Width : 1600 pixels
Preferred Height : 1200 pixels
Preferred VertRefresh : 60 Hz
Physical Width : 410 mm
Physical Height : 310 mm
Display Device 1 (CRT-1):
EDID Name : DELL 2001FP
Minimum HorizSync : 31.000 kHz
Maximum HorizSync : 80.000 kHz
Minimum VertRefresh : 56 Hz
Maximum VertRefresh : 76 Hz
Maximum PixelClock : 162.000 MHz
Maximum Width : 1600 pixels
Maximum Height : 1200 pixels
Preferred Width : 1600 pixels
Preferred Height : 1200 pixels
Preferred VertRefresh : 60 Hz
Physical Width : 410 mm
Physical Height : 310 mm
--
Darren Spruell
phatbuckett@gmail.com
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