nvidia geforce fx 5200 not working with nvidia driver

[Luca Gerli]

Hi Andrew,

  I tried both, even setting NvAgp to "0", but no luck. I also
tried to play with ReqAGP to force lower AGP rates, still the
problem remains. Of the three cards, the only one which keeps
not working is the 5200. I wonder if it is an AGP issue, but
even using the Kernel AGP made no difference.
  Any other idea ? Or someone having that same card + same kernel ?
  (chipset is via kt400).

  Thanks, Luca.


Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> On Thursday 08 January 2004 03:21 pm, Luca Gerli wrote:
> 
>>Hello all,
>>
>>  just installed a new Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 on my pc (freebsd 5.2RC2),
>>and did a "startx" but just got this:
>>
>>  Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>>           (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>>           (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>>  (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Jan  8 22:09:22 2004
>>  (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
>>  nvidia0: rm_init_adapter() failed!
>>  (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>  (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>>  (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>
>>  Fatal server error:
>>  no screens found
>>
>>  /var/log/XFree86.0.log says:
>>
>>  <snip>
>>  (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
>>  (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
>>  (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
>>  (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
>>  (--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000
>>  (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDE000000
>>  (==) NVIDIA(0): Write-combining range (0xde601000,0x1000) was already
>>clear (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>  (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>>  (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>>  (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
>>  (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
>>  (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>  <snip>
>>
>>  My previous setup was based on a GeForce 2 GTS, and X with "nvidia" run
>>without any problem. Also a GeForce 2 MX400 was ok. Now, I had to revert to
>>the "nv" driver (the one included in XFree86) to be able to run X.
>>
>>  Has anyone any clue or advice ?
>>
>>  I did compile nvidia-driver-1.0.4365 with the default options (just
>>a simple "make install) when I had the GeForce 2 GTS installed. Kernel
>>is in its default config (as coming from 5.2RC2).
>>
>>  BTW: card is working ok in M$ and Linux.
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>   Luca.
> 
> 
> Does your /etc/X11/XF86Config have the "NvAgp" option line in it to determine 
> whether to use the nvidia agp or FreeBSD agp?  (This is discussed in the 
> README file.)
> 
> Have you tried doing the "make setup" again?
> 
> Best of luck,
> 
> Andrew Gould