Re: nvidia.ko

Mike Hunter <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Oct 20, "C. Kukulies" wrote:

> What is the recommended way to use the nvidia driver under FreeBSD-current?
> WITH_FREEBSD_AGP or not? (Dell Inspiron 8000 w/ Geforce2 Go)
> 
> I have agb_load="YES"
> nvidia_load="YES"
> 
> in /boot/loader.conf
> 
> At present I get a cold boot when I startx. Screen becomes dark and after
> a couple of seconds I get the DELL Logo, rebooting.
> 
> I want to use OpenGL so using the XFree86 driver (nv) is not an alternative.

On my Dell D800 it was necessary to add

machdep.disable_mtrrs="1"

to my loader.conf file.  I was getting the same reboots you were getting.

I'm using the nvidia agp as opposed to the freebsd, but I may think about
switching if the other configuration is more stable.

Mike
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