Unable to open /nvidiactl
Dear friends, I'm still looking for help to solve the problem of my nvidia graphic card. nvidia.ko doesn't seem able to create /dev/ndiviactl. Synthesis My system Intel Centrino Duo T5300 HP Pavillion 6366 notebook 2GB mem NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 i386 kernel compiled for SMP Latest snapshot of the ports 1) I installed and compiled the /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver with default options and /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-xconfig; because loader.conf was not automatically modified I added a nvidia_load=YES to loader.conf and rebooted the pc, therefore: 2) victor$ kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 36 0xc040 5a1fa0 kernel 2 1 0xc09a2000 3244 splash_bmp.ko 3 1 0xc09a6000 5528 vesa.ko 4 3 0xc0a6c000 1e058 linux.ko 5 1 0xc0a8b000 435c acpi_video.ko 6 3 0xc0a9 61ba0 acpi.ko 7 1 0xc0af2000 6d4de0 nvidia.ko 8 2 0xc11c7000 168fc agp.ko (agp is not compiled statically in the kernel) victor$ sysctl -a|grep nvidia nvidia 84 37K - 84 16,32,64,128,256,1024,2048 hw.nvidia.version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 1.0-9746 Tue Dec 19 13:20:59 PST 2006 hw.nvidia.registry.EnableVia4x: 0 hw.nvidia.registry.EnableALiAGP: 0 hw.nvidia.registry.NvAGP: 3 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: 3) I generated a basic xorg.conf file running a mere nvidia-xconfig that I tailored only tailored for language. 4) startx fails. The system declares NVIDIA: could not open the device /dev/nvidiactl (as a matter of fact there isn't!) And Xorg.0.log is as follows X Window System Version 6.9.0 Release Date: 21 December 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2 i386 [ELF] Current Operating System: FreeBSD hpbsd.vic 6.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Mon May 28 11:43:57 UTC 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HP01 i386 Build Date: 10 February 2007 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Mon May 28 19:39:50 2007 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (==) ServerLayout Layout0 (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Device0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) XKB: model: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout it (**) XKB: layout: it (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (**) FontPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera,/usr/local/share/fonts (**) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (**) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2 X.Org Video Driver: 0.8 X.Org XInput driver : 0.5 X.Org Server Extension : 0.2 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4 (II) Loader running on freebsd (II) LoadModule: bitmap (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so (II) Module bitmap: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: pcidata (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8 (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (--) using VT number 5 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,27a0 card 103c,30bb rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,27a1 card , rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:1b:0: chip 8086,27d8 card 103c,30bb rev 02 class 04,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,27d0 card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1c:1: chip 8086,27d2 card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1c:2: chip 8086,27d4 card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,27c8 card 103c,30bb rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,27c9 card
Re: Unable to open /nvidiactl
Tricky but at last I detected the cause of the problem: I had a acpi_video_load=YES in loader.conf which loaded the module acpi_video.ko. Eliminating this module with kldunload (and then deleting the line from loader.conf) *** out of the blue nvidia started working great. Ciao Vittorio Il Wednesday 30 May 2007 16:57:20 ml-vic ha scritto: Dear friends, I'm still looking for help to solve the problem of my nvidia graphic card. nvidia.ko doesn't seem able to create /dev/ndiviactl. Synthesis My system Intel Centrino Duo T5300 HP Pavillion 6366 notebook 2GB mem NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 i386 kernel compiled for SMP Latest snapshot of the ports 1) I installed and compiled the /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver with default options and /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-xconfig; because loader.conf was not automatically modified I added a nvidia_load=YES to loader.conf and rebooted the pc, therefore: 2) victor$ kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 36 0xc040 5a1fa0 kernel 2 1 0xc09a2000 3244 splash_bmp.ko 3 1 0xc09a6000 5528 vesa.ko 4 3 0xc0a6c000 1e058 linux.ko 5 1 0xc0a8b000 435c acpi_video.ko 6 3 0xc0a9 61ba0 acpi.ko 7 1 0xc0af2000 6d4de0 nvidia.ko 8 2 0xc11c7000 168fc agp.ko (agp is not compiled statically in the kernel) victor$ sysctl -a|grep nvidia nvidia 84 37K - 84 16,32,64,128,256,1024,2048 hw.nvidia.version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 1.0-9746 Tue Dec 19 13:20:59 PST 2006 hw.nvidia.registry.EnableVia4x: 0 hw.nvidia.registry.EnableALiAGP: 0 hw.nvidia.registry.NvAGP: 3 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: 3) I generated a basic xorg.conf file running a mere nvidia-xconfig that I tailored only tailored for language. 4) startx fails. The system declares NVIDIA: could not open the device /dev/nvidiactl (as a matter of fact there isn't!) And Xorg.0.log is as follows X Window System Version 6.9.0 Release Date: 21 December 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2 i386 [ELF] Current Operating System: FreeBSD hpbsd.vic 6.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Mon May 28 11:43:57 UTC 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HP01 i386 Build Date: 10 February 2007 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Mon May 28 19:39:50 2007 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (==) ServerLayout Layout0 (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Device0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) XKB: model: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout it (**) XKB: layout: it (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (**) FontPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/li b/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/b itstream-vera,/usr/local/share/fonts (**) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (**) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2 X.Org Video Driver: 0.8 X.Org XInput driver : 0.5 X.Org Server Extension : 0.2 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4 (II) Loader running on freebsd (II) LoadModule: bitmap (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so (II) Module bitmap: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: pcidata (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8 (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (--) using VT number 5 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,27a0 card 103c,30bb rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,27a1 card , rev 03 class
Re: Unable to open /nvidiactl
ml-vic ha scritto: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure (EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and (EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details. (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: nvidia (II) UnloadModule: ramdac (II) UnloadModule: wfb (II) UnloadModule: fb (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. I had a similar problem installing the nvidia driver by using the port provided with FreeBSD. I used to get a message similar to yours. What kind of nvidia card is in your system ? First of all, delete the packate installed by port. nvidia provides most of old cards support through the legacy driver, and you have to download the appropriate one by getting it on the nvidia site. type $ pciconf -lv to get the exact name of your card. So get to http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html and search your legacy package between those listed, for example http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-9639.html at the end of each package page you can find the list of nvidia hardware supported by that package, for example http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html If your card name is in that list, you have found the right package. Download, untar, make install and nvdia-xconfig. On my system everything worked fine this way, glxgears run pretty fast. Hope to be useful, see you ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
