nv driver on Dell Latitude 830

[Chris H]

Greetings...

Quoting Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen at solnetsolutions.co.nz>:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm running 7.2-STABLE/amd64 on a Dell 830, and have been attempting 
> to get XOrg working with the "nv" driver. However, it fails with:
>
> X.Org X Server 1.6.1
> Release Date: 2009-4-14
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.2-PRERELEASE amd64
> Current Operating System: FreeBSD jonathan.chen 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD 
> 7.2-STABLE #0: Tue May 19 09:24:33 NZST 2009 
> root at jonathan.chen:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
> Build Date: 11 May 2009  08:36:27AM
>
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> 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: Wed May 20 13:27:55 2009
> (==) Using config file: "/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> (EE) Failed to load module "xtrap" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) NV(0): Failed to determine the amount of available video memory
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> Is there any hope of getting this to work?

Yes there is, and you'll be happy to know I just got done smooting
my X install out - just in time to try using the latest driver
from the nVidia site (but that's a story for another time).

To the point; to best serve you, one will need to see the output from
/var/log/Xorg.0.log, and a copy of your xorg.conf file. Without this
information /nobody/ can posibly know where you/it went wrong. You
would do well to search the posts I made yesterday in a thread. Search
for mtrr: invalid argument. I posted all the info you already should have. ;)
But you'll see a good example to get some ideas for your own.

Have fun.

--Chris out...

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