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nVidia GeForce3 Ti200...problems.
Ey guys. New to this place, so i greet you all!
I have a MSI made GF3 Titanium that used to work great under 5.4-RELEASE. I would download drivers from nVidia's site, "make install", "nvidia-xconfig" as root, and it would be done. DRI + OpenGL, and it would show neat nVidia logo as i entered X11. Now i'm on 7.0-RELEASE, same computer. I haven't bothered doing graphics before as it's primarily a home server/router, but i started using it as a workstation. Now i wanted to get graphics up and running. Same procedure as before, yet this time X11 hangs without any error message (prior to switching resolution, still in console), computer is frost for a couple of seconds, and then it reboots. I tried building nVidia drivers from ports. Those seem to work well, but there's no GLX. Kernel module is loaded, GLX/DRI is enabled in xorg.conf (and it's on mode 0666 for non-root access). So i'm seeking for solution. Thank you in advance. Rule out any hardware issues, this hardware is 7 years old and i haven't had a problem in all those years. Besides, Windows2000 is running ok with Direct3D games. |
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Which version of the nVidia driver did you install? You need one of the legacy ones owing to the age of the video card.
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Of course. The driver is NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-96.43.07. Readme file in the "Appendix A" shows GeForce Ti200 as supported chipset.
I'm going to try manual editing of the xorg.conf file, and first see if the thing works as root.
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And you do have the compat 5x layer loaded, right?
Edit: Yes, you should check xorg.conf to make sure you have "nvidia" loaded instead of "nv". Last edited by DrJ; 11th September 2008 at 04:22 PM. |
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The package is installed and it's loaded in rc.conf. No luck regarding manual xorg.conf editing. Seems like the thing pagefaults on load. I'm going to check the BIOS settings. Might have something to do with AGP aperture size.
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How much memory are you using? I does not work with 4GB unless you turn off memory reallocation. Not all motherboards have this BIOS option. If you do have 4GB, try it with two or three.
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Sorry, make that "memory remapping", not "memory reallocation."
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This machine has 1 GB of RAM, so it's not an issue. I've increased apreture size to 128MB, no effect (predictable, long shot). I've checked /var/log/messages, nvidia0 kernel module detects "GeForce Ti200" allright.
pkg_info shows compat5x installed, there's compat5x_enable="YES" entry in rc.conf. I don't think that Opera would work if the layer wasn't active. However, there's no trace of compat5x in system boot. "Local package initialization" result is empty. If memory serves me right, it listed it here on 5.4? EDIT : Here -> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show....php?p=1674527 This guy says that you don't need compat5x to get it done. And curiosity -> i don't have glxinfo utility anymore. I'm checking via xdpyinfo and looking for extensions (besides, apps like tuxracer won't work without GLX). Glxinfo is part of MESA port? Hmm...i didn't have MESA installed on my 5.4, yet i had glxinfo.
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One last thing before you post back. You have a choice in using the BSD AGPGART or the nVidia one. I use the latter, and take the former out of the kernel. You should look at what you have done, and be consistent.
You also have not replied if the line compat5x_enable="YES" is in rc.conf. You need this line. If you have done all of those things properly, I'd suggest you post you problem in the FreeBSD forum at nvnews.net. That place is monitored by the nvidia developers. Of course I may have overlooked something that someone else here picks up, but what I mentioned are the usual issues. |
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Ok, to summarize :
- I downloaded right driver from nVidia's site. - Installed it OK, ran nvidia-xconfig to update xorg.conf. - nvidia.ko is kldloaded, it detects my card. - compat5x is installed, and there's an appropriate entry in rc.conf. - Hardware is OK. - The thing pagefaults. Thank you for your efforts. I'd just like to know if there should be any mentioning of compat5x on system boot? It doesn't print in anywhere. But i think it's working, since i'm running Opera and it requires compat5x.
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If you did try to install mesa after nvidia, you might try reinstalling nvidia. You might have messed up the GLX libraries. |
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OK - saw your summary. Did you install the driver from ports? If not, you should.
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I did, but there was no GLX. I'll try it again.
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You might try getting it from the main site. Sometimes the mirrors have odd errors. Not often, but it does happen.
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Same thing with 96xx drivers from ports. And same things with disabled AGP and ACPI. I'm going to try on nvnews forums. Thank you all for your help.
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On FreeBSD 7.0 is installed newest Xorg from ports?
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No, i think the one that came on installation CDs is active. xorg-7.3_1
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install stuff (the X , mesa*, nvidia-driver process above (in that order probably)), but includes additional ports like libGLU etc. If I knew it to be accurate I would post it. I use nvidia-driver without problems but everytime X loads I receive a "agp.ko detected, load (...) aborted!" which someday I will find out how to fix. everything seems to work...
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I would guess that you are trying to use both the BSD AGPGART and the nVidia one. Lose the former. You can do it in the kernel, or in loader.conf as mentioned above.
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