nvidia geforce fx 5200 not working with nvidia driver

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Thursday 08 January 2004 04:01 pm, Luca Gerli wrote:
> 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.

Perhaps it's a FreeBSD 5.2RC2 thing.  Remember, you're still running CURRENT.

>
> 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