Nvidia 8800 GTS

[Alexandre Vieira]

On 5/26/07, Alexandre Vieira <nullpt at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5/26/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10 at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Alexandre Vieira wrote:
> > > On 5/26/07, Alexandre Vieira <nullpt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 5/25/07, Derek Ragona < derek at computinginnovations.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >  At 01:16 PM 5/25/2007, Alexandre Vieira wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Hello folks,
> > >> >
> > >> > I've bought a Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB DDR and i'm trying to get it
> > working
> > >> > with
> > >> > freebsd.
> > >> >
> > >> > I've installed Xorg 7.2 and the nvidia driver. The driver detects
> > the
> > >> > card
> > >> > correctly and displays the card info correctly.
> > >> >
> > >> > When I launch Xorg with the nvidia driver I get a striped green
> > screen
> > >> > and
> > >> > the machine freezes completely. I can't see any X logs because it
> > >> > crashes
> > >> > immediately.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Sounds like you don't the right refresh settings for your monitor.
> > >> > Double check the refresh rates you choose in configuring X and the
> > >> > resolutions too.
> > >> >
> > >> >         -Derek
> > >> >
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> > >> Hi, thanks for the reply
> > >>
> > >> Is that reason to hard freeze the machine? I'll check the monitor
> > manual
> > >> and set manually the refresh settings for the monitor.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> Regards
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Alexandre Vieira - nullpt at gmail.com
> > >>
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I added the HorizSync and VertRefresh to the correct values present in
> > the
> > > monitor manual. Removed Glcore and dri and made sure glx is enabled. I
> > also
> > > tried to set NvAgp to 0 (just in case) and still the same result:
> > green
> > > with
> > > black strips screen + hard crash on the machine (keyboard locks don'tt
> > > answer too).
> > >
> > > Any more tips on this one?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >         I'll be where you're at in a few hours (need to backup Linux
> > data and
> > install FreeBSD on desktop) -- I just bought a 8800 GTS too.
> >
> >         We'll see what happens..
> >
> >         Any error messages on the console or Xorg.0.log though?
> >
> > -Garrett
> >
>
> Hi Garret,
>
> Nothing that I can see. Unfortunatly since the machine just crashes I
> can't see the actual error in Xorg.log.
>
> But im optimistic, I've seen many people on mailing lists claiming they
> have a 8800 GTS and running freebsd. I've mailed some persons asking for
> directions and xorg.conf/any other tricks.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Alexandre Vieira - nullpt at gmail.com
>

Hi all,

FYI this card will only work with the latest BETA drivers. You need to
compile and install by hand. Also, since the X base has now moved to
/usr/local exepct some problems because it will try to install to
/usr/X11R6.

I wonder if it's possible for someone to create a nvidia-driver-beta and
track this beta driver. Most of this new cards will only work with this
driver!

It's working fine now! :)

Thanks
Regards,

-- 
Alexandre Vieira - nullpt at gmail.com