Xorg nv 0 videoram and insufficient memory for mode

[Andrew Bradford]

On Thu Mar 26 2009 11:35AM, Robert Noland wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 08:00 -0700, Andrew Bradford wrote:
> > On Thu Mar 26 2009 01:36AM, Robert Noland wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 21:23 -0700, Andrew Bradford wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like some help with an issue I'm having with Xorg on FreeBSD 7.1 amd64.  X seems to ignore all videoram on my secondary video card.  I have 3G of system RAM in the machine, could it be related to memory barriers?
> > > > 
> > > > The machine specs are as follows: (onboard) GeForce 6150, PCI-E GeForce 6600.  I am using the "nv" driver.
> > > > 
> > > > Up until last week, the system was working happily. Both screens working great without issue.  Upon reboot the PCI-E video card does not get properly detected by X.  In the Xorg log file, is "NV(0): VideoRAM: 0 kBytes" (followed by "insufficient memory for mode" for all video modes).
> > > > 
> > > > The sudden appearance after a reboot may have simply been a driver that had been built but not yet loaded.  I had been upgrading the system the previous week.  I tested out the hardware with some live cds to make sure the card isn't dying.
> > > > 
> > > > I've looked high and low on the web, and the only posting I can see that's relevant is this one:
> > > > http://archive.netbsd.se/?ml=xorg&a=2008-02&t=6547682
> > > > from last year.  He appears to have the same problem as I do.  The only response points to a pciaccess mail thread, indicating that HW access in Xorg was being reworked.
> > > > 
> > > > The thread is from last year, has the issue not been resolved yet?  Are there any workarounds?  The only other driver I can use would be this Nouveau one I heard about on freebsd-x11, but that would involve another system upgrade, and it is currently marked as broken.  The Vesa driver doesn't work on my cards, and nvidia won't support amd64...
> > > > 
> > > > I tried rebuilding the nv driver and xorg-server with various versions from ports, with the same issue.  I just finished rebuilding with ports from Feb 1 -- same thing.
> > > > 
> > > > I've attached Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf.new.  The config file was generated using X -configure (and cleaned because nv detected all pci devices in the system).
> > > 
> > > The issue is in fact the switch to libpciaccess, along with a lot of
> > > changes to Xserver.  The issue is due to legacy vga handling.  The issue
> > > is being discussed a bit more lately, but no resolution is at hand.
> > > Most modern cards have a way to deal with this, but it isn't a
> > > generalized solution.  So, for right now, multiple cards generally don't
> > > work, for linux, solaris or us...
> > 
> > Oh dear, I was afraid of that.
> > 
> > There's probably not enough information to pinpoint a version, but would downgrading to Xserver 1.4.2 (or an even older version) work?  Or, alternately, is there an ETA on the switch to libpciaccess?
> > 
> > Do you know in which version the libpciaccess changes were introduced?
> 
> The switch to libpciaccess occurred with server 1.5.3.  1.4.2 still uses
> the old method.  The issue is starting to bubble up, but it isn't really
> on anyone's priority list right now that I am aware of.  I've given some
> thought to the proper way to address it, but it hasn't gone beyond
> random musings yet.

Ok, I'll downgrade to 1.4.2.

Thanks for your help!

Andrew


> 
> robert.
> 
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Andrew
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > robert.
> > > 
> > > > Help!
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Andrew
> > > > 
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