Re: problems: nvidia latest driver and 7.0-BETA1

Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
> first of all, since the RELENG_7 birth, I never know where to post
> 7.0-BETA stuff. well, here I go ...
>
> this is a fresh BETA1 install, did it yesterday. xorg and half gnome
> completed, I tried to make nvidia work and nothing.
>
> the kernel module kldloads ok, but nothing gets posted to
> dmesg(/var/log/messages)
>
> there are some sysctl things:
>
> [matheus_at_xxx /usr/home/matheus]$ sysctl hw.nvidia
> hw.nvidia.version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  100.14.19  Tue Sep
> 18 13:59:09 PDT 2007
> hw.nvidia.registry.EnableVia4x: 0
> hw.nvidia.registry.EnableALiAGP: 0
> hw.nvidia.registry.NvAGP: 1
> 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.RmLogonRC: 1
> hw.nvidia.registry.DetectPrimaryVga: 1
> hw.nvidia.registry.dwords:
>
> but no /dev/nvctl (or whatever it is) and when I startx it just says
> me the /dev entry is not there and no fun at all can be :/
>
> [matheus_at_darkside /usr/home/matheus]$ uname -a
> FreeBSD xxx 7.0-BETA1 FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 #0: Tue Oct 30 00:28:27 BRT
> 2007     root_at_:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/xxx  i386
>
> if anyone has any clue, I'm using i386 just for nvidia(amd64 machine)
>
> thanks,
>
> matheus
>
>   
add to /boot/loader.conf
nvidia_load="YES"
and reboot.
May be you have device vga which blocks access to the card, so if you 
load nvidia module before the kernel ..

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