amd64 Radeon 9000 nForce3 250 agp support - Yes and No

[Ganael Laplanche]

Hi all,

I tried beta-1 with Radeon 9000 pro and nforce3-250gb, but system hangs during X
bootup. I had to go back to the goold old driver from 5.x :(

The PR is here : http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/84015

Any clue ?

Ganaël LAPLANCHE
ganael.laplanche at martymac.com
http://www.martymac.com
Tel : (+33)6.84.03.57.24.

---------- Original Message -----------
From: K.Wieland <wieland.k at gmail.com>
To: Jung-uk Kim <jkim at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org
Sent: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:22:26 -0500
Subject: amd64 Radeon 9000 nForce3 250 agp support - Yes and No

> Jung-uk and fellow amd64 subscribers,
> 
> I tried upgrading to 6.0B4 last night, after spending several nights  
> reading the documentation.  I have been reading and am subscribed to  
> the amd64 list, so I figure I might as well try it!
> 
> First, I mounted the new 6.0_B4 CD under 5.4 and tried to run the  
> sysinstall that way as outlined in the docs (I don't remember where,  
> but I can get the reference).  sysinstall (v6.0 B4) would not run,  
> complaining about some libraries not being present (I had a previous  
> version of the libraries it was looking for, so I made sym links (bad, 
>  I know!) but it failed looking for the next library, so I deleted the 
>  symlink, and decided to reboot with the CD.
> 
> I rebooted, went into fixit and did a dmesg.  AGP was there, and the  
> device /dev/agpart existed.  I was happy, and decided to upgrade to 
> 6.0  beta4 using the upgrade option in sysinstall.  I didn't remember 
> the  mount points for the various file systems so I had to boot back 
> into  
> 5.4 and write it all down (it would be nice if this was in the 
>  documentation)!
> 
> Anyway,  I upgraded and rebooted.  The first thing I noticed was the  
> generic kernel detected my com port, but didn't create a /dev/cuaa0 (I 
>  dial up for internet).  And, because I want sound and my TV card 
> (bktr)  I decided to customize the kernel like I had done in 5.4.
> 
> So, I did a diff of the GENERIC to the custom kernel, MYKERNEL, and  
> found that it was basically the same (MYKERNEL had the sound, bktr,
>  and  agp with several extraneous things commented out).  I built the 
> new  kernel, installed it and rebooted.  AGP was gone!  I thought, 
> well  maybe you don't need "device agp" in the kernel (I didn't see it 
> in the  GENERIC, and agp loaded with that), so I tried that...still no 
> AGP.   Then, I decided to use the GENERIC and see if that worked---
> still no  AGP.  But, if I boot up with the CD, AGP is back!
> 
> The confusing part to me is that the uname -a still gives me RELENG5.4 
>  -p7.  That seems strange to me.  The ps command also didn't work as 
>  expected (just prints the headers, none of the processes).
> 
> I read that if your sources don't match your kernel, you can get weird 
>  stuff like this, so I went to cvsup to the most recent.  BUT, in the  
> /usr/share/examples/standard-cvsup files it still had RELENG 5.4.  I 
>  went ahead and cvsup'ed anyway.
> 
> I don't have anything critical on the drive, so I am tempted to wipe 
> it  clean and reinstall (ala windows style) but I would really like to 
>  understand what is going on here.
> 
> I am CCing the freebsd-amd64 list in case they have some insights, too.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kristopher Wieland
> Graduate Student
> Washington University in St. Louis
> Dept. of Physics- Compton Hall
> On Sep 13, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday 13 September 2005 12:19 pm, K Wieland wrote:
> >> Thanks again for the quick reply.
> >
> > No problem.
> >
> >> Is there a "best method" for installing another version?  I would
> >> rather not loose the kernel config, etc.  Is it best to just wipe
> >> everything and start over?
> >
> > cvsup, buildworld, installworld, mergemaster...  But it's quite a
> > hassle for new users.  First of all, if the only problem for you is
> > the agp, try booting from the ISO, select Fixit, select CD/DVD, then
> > you will get shell.  You can see if agp is probed/attached from
> > there.  If that's there, you have two choices:
> >
> > 1.  Upgrade.
> > 2.  Patch kernel to add support for the AGP device.
> >
> > If you choose option 2, the only thing you really need is this:
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/pci/agp_amd64.c.diff? 
> > r1=1.6&r2=1.7
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > JK
> >
> >> I'll give it a try and see how it goes!
> >>
> >> Kristopher
> >>
> >> On Sep 13, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday 13 September 2005 11:06 am, K. Wieland wrote:
> >>>> Thank you for your quick reply!
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, I am using 5.4 Release.  I guess since I was just starting
> >>>> out with Freebsd, I'd go with "release" vs. stable or current.
> >>>>
> >>>> Do you know an ftp site for getting the images for 6.0 beta4?
> >>>> Or should I just cvsup to it?  You can tell I am new, new new!
> >>>
> >>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-amd64/6.0/
> >>>
> >>> JK
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Kristopher
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sep 13, 2005, at 9:54 AM, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> >>>>> On Tuesday 13 September 2005 10:42 am, K. Wieland wrote:
> >>>>>> Hello Jung-uk!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I was reading through the archives of the freebsd-amd64
> >>>>>> archives (I am a new Freebsd user) and I have the exact same
> >>>>>> problem that you and Geneal talked about.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I also have a radeon 9000 with a nForce3 250 chipset that does
> >>>>>> not detect the agp, even though it is in the kernel.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Did you ever get this issue resolved?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are you using FreeBSD 5.4 or something?  Try 6.0BETA4.  It
> >>>>> should be fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> JK
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Thank you,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Kristopher Wieland
> >
> 
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