nVidia GeForce Go 7600 and pcbsd 1.2

[mezamoe]

hello there.. I posted this in the wrong place (sound and multimedia) so I have moved it here..
I'm new to the Unix world, but I've been a Linux user for some time..

before posting I have been reading all posts possible over this problem I have with my Nvidia GeForce Go 7600.
i've tried all possible drivers but can't succeed.

i have pcbsd 1.2 with compat5x and linux base compatibility installed. I also tried the latest nvidia available from 7th november.. did it manually..
did the make install and then ran di nvidia-xconfig to update the XF86Config file in use.
when i restart i get:

IO Error in XOpendisplay
NVRM: RM_INIT_ADAPTER() failed
Unable to fire up local display :0; disabling

I edited the XF86Config file manually.. in fact the horizontal and vertical sync rates were not the ones of my screen (namely horizontal 31 - 83 and vertical 56 - 75), I have a HP Pavilion DV8323ea laptop. Rebooted but same error

when i edit the config file again and put back vesa..and rebooted leaving all the other parameters as they were.. horizontal/vertical sync rates and all i get KDE again 1024-768 resolution...
any hint?
before doing this I tried all pbi packets available on pcbsd web.. then I removed them each time they failed..

the very strange thing is that when it does not work i also get mta errors ..and it can't assign an address to smtp.. ????
I'm having a doubt.. how can I check for an IRQ conflict?

I'm also suspecting that the nvidia-settings didn't work.. and I'm trying to compile it from scratch..(it seems it's expected) but when proceeding I need to gmake.. in order to have gmake I need gtk2.0 and glib2.0 and pango1.0 and everytime I try to install I encounter problems due to other dependancies.. tricky!!
Thanks for any help!!
Meza

[dracheflieger]

Hi Meza,

From your other thread, KMenu -> System -> KInfoCenter will show you all your I/O, IRQs, etc.

From what I've read, the GO series has the most problems although the nVidia site clearly states that they're supported. I'm assuming it's an AGP and not a PCIE...if so you can try not installing the BSD agp driver and using nVidia's instead...how to found here (http://download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1.0-8776/README/appendix-h.html)

[TerryP]

Funny, I have (bsd)make, g(nu)make, and q(t)make but I don't have GTK+ 2.x

[mezamoe]

I will try and get back with the outcomes..

have a good day!
Mezam

[mezamoe]

i didn't do the test yet as I didn't get to the lab yet..

however gtk is the GIMP tool kit.. I don't know why is required by the installation of gmake.. ??

[TerryP]

From Freebsds web site/ports db

gmake-3.81_1
GNU version of 'make' utility
Long description : Sources : Package : Changes : Download
Maintained by: ade@FreeBSD.org
Requires: gettext-0.14.5_2, libiconv-1.9.2_2


and it's in /usr/ports/devel/gmake.

[mezamoe]

Hi Meza,

From your other thread, KMenu -> System -> KInfoCenter will show you all your I/O, IRQs, etc.

From what I've read, the GO series has the most problems although the nVidia site clearly states that they're supported. I'm assuming it's an AGP and not a PCIE...if so you can try not installing the BSD agp driver and using nVidia's instead...how to found here (http://download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1.0-8776/README/appendix-h.html)


I've tried them all.. no success! thanks for the info.. to you and to all! I would be too long to list all the tests I have done in the past few days.. and pointless as they didn't succeed.. I made the drastic choice to change
to change OS and went for RoFreeSBIE which has better compatibility with nVidia cards.. I still cannot use my nvidia card fully .. but from start drivers detected my card and are actually working.. just not the way I want to.. and I'm working on it with some nvidia tech guys on nvnews.net
I will come back to pcBSD later on.. but RoFreeSBIE doesn't look too bad.. very stable.. and solid.. well.. it's BSD..
thanks again!
Mezamoe

[ka0zoz]

mezamoe,

Did you get your HP laptop nvidia working?

Aaron