On Sunday 13 January 2008 08:55:46 pm Yuri Pankov wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 05:22:46PM -0800, Ali Mashtizadeh wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > Does anyone have the nvidia video driver working with releng 7? What I =
am
> > seeing is that the kernel module compiles and loads fine, but it will n=
ot
> > detect any video card. I've tried removing the agp device from my BSD k=
ernel
> > and using nvidia's.
> >=20
> > --=20
> > Ali Mashtizadeh
> > =D8=B9=D9=84=DB=8C =D9=85=D8=B4=D8=AA=DB=8C =D8=B2=D8=A7=D8=AF=D9=87
>=20
> If you are sure that installed version of nvidia-driver supports your
> card, try putting nvidia_load=3D"YES" in /boot/loader.conf. I guess your
> problem is vgapci attaching to device, leaving nvidia module without
> hardware to attach, like below:
>=20
> vgapci0@pci0:5:0:0: class=3D0x030000 card=3D0x40161682 chip=3D0x04021=
0de
> rev=3D0xa1 hdr=3D0x00
> vendor =3D 'Nvidia Corp'
> device =3D 'GeForce 8600 GT'
> class =3D display
> subclass =3D VGA
Actually, nvidia-driver is supposed to be a child of vgapci0 so it can
cooperate with things like acpi_video(4). The Nvidia driver author is
aware of this and should be able to fix it.
=2D-=20
John Baldwin
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