Question regarding new Nvidia FreeBSD drivers

Nelis Lamprecht nelis at brabys.co.za
Tue Jul 8 01:52:06 PDT 2003


Hi List,

I have been using the Nvidia beta drivers for some time now ( version
1.0-3203 ) flawlessly without any problems, well except for one or 2
problems with Xscreensaver and OpenGL. Yesterday I tried loading the
latest non-beta release 1.0-4365 and all it does is freeze my PC and
then after a few seconds reboots without so much as a single error in
XFree86.log or messages.
I am using the following card, taken from dmesg: nvidia0: <RIVA TNT2
Model 64>
I made the necessary changes to my XF86Config file ( see attached ) to
include the "NV Agp" driver and also had to take out one or 2 items
namely "pex5" and "xie" which worked fine with the beta drivers. 
Lastly, I then tried using the FreeBSD agp kernel option ( loaded via
kldload ) and disabled the Nvidia agp driver but still my PC freezes and
reboots.

I have resorted back to using the beta drivers for the time being but
was hoping that maybe someone has a solution to the problem I'm
experiencing ? I also noticed that someone else has been experiencing
this problem at
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 but there
was no solution.

Thanks and regards,
Nelis

New driver url: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=freebsd_1.0-4365

-------------- next part --------------
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
	Screen         "Screen AGP"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/"
	FontPath     "unix/:7101"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "bitmap"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "glx"
	#Load  "pex5"
	Load  "record"
	#Load  "xie"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "speedo"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option	    "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "MyMonitor"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	HorizSync    31.5 - 57.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 90.0
EndSection

Section "Device"

        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "DigitalVibrance"    	# <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoLogo"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Overlay"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UBB"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Stereo"             	# <i>
        #Option     "WindowFlip"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "NvAGP"              	# <i>
        #Option     "PixmapCacheLines"   	# <i>
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectedMonitor"   	# <str>
        #Option     "ConnectedMonitors"  	# <str>
        #Option     "TVStandard"         	# <str>
        #Option     "TVOutFormat"        	# <str>
        #Option     "NoRenderAccel"      	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CursorShadow"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CursorShadowAlpha"  	# <i>
        #Option     "CursorShadowXOffset" 	# <i>
        #Option     "CursorShadowYOffset" 	# <i>
        #Option     "UseEdidFreqs"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FlatPanelProperties" 	# <str>
        #Option     "TwinView"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TwinViewOrientation" 	# <str>
        #Option     "SecondMonitorHorizSync" 	# <str>
        #Option     "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" 	# <str>
        #Option     "MetaModes"          	# <str>
        #Option     "UseInt10Module"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SwapReady"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoRenderExtension"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseClipIDs"         	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "NV AGP"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "nvidia"
	#BoardName   "Riva TNT2 M64"
	#ChipSet     "RIVA TNT2 Model 64"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
        Option 	    "NvAgp" "1"                 # Use NVIDIA's AGP GART Driver
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen AGP"
	Device     "NV AGP"
	Monitor    "MyMonitor"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
EndSection



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