X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID

[Unga]

> From: Luca Pizzamiglio <l.pizzamiglio at bally-wulff.de>
> To: Unga <unga888 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID
> 
> Hi Unga,
> 
> is this an Optimus laptop?
> NVidia's Optimus technology has no support on FreeBSD.
> you can only use the Intel graphic controller patching the kernel and 
> using the experimental xorg tree (in this list you can find kernel 
> patches and instruction about the experimental tree).
> 
> Best regards,
> Luca
> 
> 
> 
> This is an opt
> 
> On 03/21/12 10:37, Unga wrote:
>>  Hi all
>> 
>>  I have a laptop running FreeBSD 9.0 and it has two display controllers.
>> 
>>  "pciconf -lv" shows following:
>> 
>>  vgapci1 at pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0xc0a5144d chip=0x01168086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
>>       vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>>       device     = '2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated 
> Graphics Controller'
>>       class      = display
>>       subclass   = VGA
>> 
>>  vgapci0 at pci0:1:0:0:     class=0x030200 card=0xc0a5144d chip=0x0df410de 
> rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
>>       vendor     = 'nVidia Corporation'
>>       device     = 'GF106 [GeForce GT 555M SDDR3]'
>>       class      = display
>>       subclass   = 3D
>> 
>> 
>>  I need to use the Nvidia display controller and the xorg-7.5.1 and the 
> Nvidia driver (ver. 295.20) is installed in the system.
>> 
>>  I have added BusID as follows in the xorg.conf:
>>  Section "Device"
>>       Identifier     "Device0"
>>       Driver         "nvidia"
>>       VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>>       BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
>>  EndSection
>> 
>>  But the Xorg still doesn't come up and complain following:
>>  (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  295.20  Mon Feb  6 21:10:33 PST 2012
>>  (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
>>  (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00 at 00:02:0
>>  (EE) No devices detected.
>> 
>>  Fatal server error:
>>  no screens found
>> 
>> 
>>  GeForce GT 555M is supported by the ver. 295.20 of the Nvidia driver for 
> FreeBSD.
>> 
>>  Appreciate very much your help in this regard.
>> 
>>  Best regards
>>  Unga
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> ----- Original Message -----

Thanks Luca for the reply.

Yep, its a Nvidia card with the Optimus technology (GeForce GT 555M).

But the Nvidia driver documentation say the card is supported on FreeBSD (http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd-x86-295.20-driver.html). That's the very reason bought this laptop.

Any ideas?

Unga