X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID
Unga
unga888 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 21 14:58:15 UTC 2012
> From: Luca Pizzamiglio <l.pizzamiglio at bally-wulff.de>
> To: Unga <unga888 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org" <freebsd-x11 at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:29 AM
> Subject: Re: X Server 1.7.7 does not recognise BusID
>
> Hi Unga,
>
> is this an Optimus laptop?
> NVidia's Optimus technology has no support on FreeBSD.
> you can only use the Intel graphic controller patching the kernel and
> using the experimental xorg tree (in this list you can find kernel
> patches and instruction about the experimental tree).
>
> Best regards,
> Luca
>
>
>
> This is an opt
>
> On 03/21/12 10:37, Unga wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have a laptop running FreeBSD 9.0 and it has two display controllers.
>>
>> "pciconf -lv" shows following:
>>
>> vgapci1 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0xc0a5144d chip=0x01168086
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated
> Graphics Controller'
>> class = display
>> subclass = VGA
>>
>> vgapci0 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030200 card=0xc0a5144d chip=0x0df410de
> rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'nVidia Corporation'
>> device = 'GF106 [GeForce GT 555M SDDR3]'
>> class = display
>> subclass = 3D
>>
>>
>> I need to use the Nvidia display controller and the xorg-7.5.1 and the
> Nvidia driver (ver. 295.20) is installed in the system.
>>
>> I have added BusID as follows in the xorg.conf:
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Device0"
>> Driver "nvidia"
>> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
>> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>> EndSection
>>
>> But the Xorg still doesn't come up and complain following:
>> (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 295.20 Mon Feb 6 21:10:33 PST 2012
>> (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
>> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00 at 00:02:0
>> (EE) No devices detected.
>>
>> Fatal server error:
>> no screens found
>>
>>
>> GeForce GT 555M is supported by the ver. 295.20 of the Nvidia driver for
> FreeBSD.
>>
>> Appreciate very much your help in this regard.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Unga
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> ----- Original Message -----
Thanks Luca for the reply.
Yep, its a Nvidia card with the Optimus technology (GeForce GT 555M).
But the Nvidia driver documentation say the card is supported on FreeBSD (http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd-x86-295.20-driver.html). That's the very reason bought this laptop.
Any ideas?
Unga
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