ports/112373: nv xorg driver doesn't recognize Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 (and probably couple more newer cards)

Piotr Szmytka P.Szmytka at iem.pw.edu.pl
Wed May 2 21:40:06 UTC 2007


>Number:         112373
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       nv xorg driver doesn't recognize Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 (and probably couple more newer cards)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 02 21:40:05 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Piotr Szmytka
>Release:        6.2-STABLE
>Organization:
Warsaw University of Technology
>Environment:
FreeBSD pokrak 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #7: Tue May  1 22:57:25 UTC 2007     root at pokrak:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SZM.64  amd64
>Description:
Xorg server version 6.9 build from ports (x11-servers/xorg-server) doesn't recognize my video card (integrated Nvidia GeForce Go 6150) as supported. 
>How-To-Repeat:
purchase Nvidia GeForce Go 6150 based graphics card ;)
install x11-servers/xorg-server
choose 'nv' as display driver in xorg.conf
launch X
>Fix:
Apply patch from one of linux distros xorg source package. Rebuild xorg-server.
You can find instructions on how to do it here:
http://people.fruitsalad.org/adridg/bobulate/index.php?/archives/320-Thank-you,-openSUSE-from-a-FreeBSD-guy.html
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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