Nvidia doesn't start on cryptic errors

[Alex Zbyslaw]

Vittorio De Martino wrote:

>>> Actually the nvidia.ko mdule was and is loaded
>>>
>>>hpbsd# kldstat
>>>Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>>> 1   24 0xc0400000 5b33d8   kernel
>>>..................................
>>> 4    3 0xc0a7e000 1e058    linux.ko
>>> 5    1 0xc0a9d000 435c     acpi_video.ko
>>> 6    3 0xc0aa2000 61ba0    acpi.ko
>>> 7    1 0xc0b04000 6d4de0   nvidia.ko
>>> 8    1 0xc11d9000 aed4     cpufreq.ko
>>> 9    1 0xc11e4000 4a2c     acpi_ibm.ko
>>>..................................
>>>15    1 0xc7245000 2000     rtc.ko
>>>      
>>>
>Still doen't work! I mean, to put it in a nutshell:
>
>1) kldstat shows the nvidia.ko module BUT no /dev/nvidia0 nor /dev/nvidiactl 
>is present and this seems to cause the failure of startx
>
>2) I have the following which seems far less than what I can see surfing the 
>net (e.g. something like Idontremember.nvidia.0.%desc, and the likes):
>  
>
I don't have an answer for you, but some info that *may* point in the 
right direction.

1) I see nvidia.ko but not agp.ko.  I don't know if that's important or 
not.  I need it on my machine (AMD64 processor and i386 FreeBSD).  This 
is also an old nvidia version as newer ones lock up the machine :-(

2) Here are my sysctls for reference (and yes I do get the /dev/nvidia* 
devices which you do not; this is still 5.4 which may make some small 
difference).  I get a similar list on another machine where nvidia is 
loaded but X is not running.  Are there any errors when you kldload 
nvidia?  Try taking out of loader.conf and then loading manually from 
the command line after a reboot.

hw.nvidia.agp.card.rates: 8x 4x
hw.nvidia.agp.card.fw: supported
hw.nvidia.agp.card.sba: supported
hw.nvidia.agp.card.registers: 0xff000e1b:0x00000000
hw.nvidia.agp.status.status: disabled
hw.nvidia.agp.status.driver: n/a (unused)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.rate: n/a (disabled)Aslo it's after X has started 
which again may make a difference and I can't really reboo
hw.nvidia.agp.status.fw: n/a (disabled)
hw.nvidia.agp.status.sba: n/a (disabled)
hw.nvidia.version: NVIDIA FreeBSD x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module  1.0-8178  
Wed Dec 14 17:04:30 PST 2005
hw.nvidia.registry.EnableVia4x: 0
hw.nvidia.registry.EnableALiAGP: 0
hw.nvidia.registry.NvAGP: 3
hw.nvidia.registry.EnableAGPSBA: 0
hw.nvidia.registry.EnableAGPFW: 0
hw.nvidia.registry.SoftEDIDs: 1
hw.nvidia.registry.Mobile: 4294967295
hw.nvidia.registry.ResmanDebugLevel: 4294967295
hw.nvidia.registry.FlatPanelMode: 0
hw.nvidia.registry.DevicesConnected: 0
hw.nvidia.registry.VideoEnhancement: 0
hw.nvidia.registry.RmLogonRC: 1
hw.nvidia.registry.DetectPrimaryVga: 0
hw.nvidia.cards.0.model: GeForce 6600 GT
hw.nvidia.cards.0.irq: 16
hw.nvidia.cards.0.vbios: 05.43.02.66.00
hw.nvidia.cards.0.type: AGP
dev.nvidia.0.%desc: GeForce 6600 GT
dev.nvidia.0.%driver: nvidia
dev.nvidia.0.%location: slot=0 function=0
dev.nvidia.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x10de device=0x00f1 subvendor=0x1458 
subdevice=0x3150 class=0x030000
dev.nvidia.0.%parent: pci1

3) Try the NVidia support forum (searching first, posting if you find 
nothing).  http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=47


--Alex