nvidia geforce fx 5200 not working with nvidia driver

[Luca Gerli]

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.