Nvidia Driver

[Adam Stroud]

I am using the GeForce2 GTS

On 7/15/05, Ian Moore <no-spam at swiftdsl.com.au> wrote:
> On Friday 15 July 2005 12:37, Adam Stroud wrote:
> > All:
> >
> > I am having a problem getting my nvidia video card to work since I
> > portupgraded to the latest nvidia driver in the port.  I had
> > everything working find using many of the old verions.  Then I
> > upgraded to the latest version and now when I attempt tp startx, I
> > get:
> >
> > X Window System Version 6.8.2
> >
> > Release Date: 9 February 2005
> >
> > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
> >
> > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.4 i386 [ELF]
> >
> > Current Operating System: FreeBSD osirus.stronet.dyndns.org 5.4-STABLE
> > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Fri Jun 24 23:25:37 EDT 2005
> > adam at osirus.stronet.dyndns.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/APS_KERN i386
> >
> > Build Date: 24 June 2005
> >
> >       Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
> >
> >       to make sure that you have the latest version.
> >
> > Module Loader present
> >
> > 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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jul 14 22:50:09 2005
> >
> > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> >
> > (EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0)
> >
> > (EE) No devices detected.
> >
> >
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> >
> > no screens found
> >
> >
> >
> > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> >
> >        at http://wiki.X.Org
> >
> >  for help.
> >
> > Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
> > information.
> >
> >
> >
> > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> >
> >
> > adam at osirus:/boot>exit
> >
> > exit
> >
> > I looked and /var/log/messages, and FreeBSD sees the video card and  I
> > verified that the module is loaded with kldinfo.  As I said,
> > everything worked fine with the older version of the port.  Does
> > anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> > A
> 
> What card do you have - nvidia have dropped support for older chipsets - take
> a look at /usr/ports/UPDATING for details.
> That might be the cause of your problem.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Ian
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