Re: nvidia driver on amd64 (for asus nvidia gt 610)
On 10/27/12 07:50, Gary Aitken wrote: > running 9.0 release > > Being frustrated with my radeon hd-5550 video card which occasionally > (once a week or so) goes into some kind of reset loop, filling up > Xorg.0.log and crashing the system because /var is full... > > I picked up an asus nvidia gt 610. > Downloaded the nvidia driver and tried to build it. > > make ominously reports: >ld: Relocatable linking with relocations from format elf32-i386-freebsd >(nv-kernel.o) to format elf64-x86-64-freebsd (nvidia.ko) is not > supported. > > Where is the elf32-i386-freebsd stuff coming from? > I just unpacked the driver in a tmp directory and did a make install there. > > I found the following which implied it is a make problem in 9.0: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-toolchain/2011-August/000265.html > > I'm guessing it can be made to work but I need to define appropriate make > architecture variables, and I'm not sure how to do dat. > Hints? > > BTW, can anyone explain why Xorg.*.log doesn't get closed and a new file > opened when it gets rather large and then rotate the way syslogs normally do? > It seems to rotate only when the server is restarted, or at least that's all > I've observed. My apologies for the original double posting; saw a temporary reject in my maillog and thought it would turn into a real one due to a past problem. I found the following patch and applied it, http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org/msg00256.html Also discovered I had downloaded the x86 version instead of the 64bit version. "make CC=clang CXX=clang++ install" seemed to work; now on to testing it. Sorry for the mixup. Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since you're not willing to do the research, I'll give you the > reader's digest version. nVidia's waiting on FreeBSD to implement > key features in the kernel in order to properly support the amd64 > and i386 + PAE platforms, because memory mapping and access isn't > there yet in the FreeBSD kernel. > > Does that satisfy you? I should have read the articles first. Lack of time due to daytime job. Thought a quick reply could do. That was wrong. I wrote to quickly. I can seet aht now. However, I _was_ willing to to the research when I had the time (it's almost weekend). So you're right. It's not nVidia, but a FreeBSD kernel problem. > Read the archives in ports@, hackers@, and current@ over the past > couple months to discover more details. Will do. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ + Solaris 11 05/07 ++ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
Dick Hoogendijk wrote: Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dick Hoogendijk wrote: I have used FreeBSD for years and still hate to see this lack of support by others :-( Again, read my response and do some research before you blame nVidia. Blame nVidia.. Can you tell me why there's no 64bits nVidia driver for FreeBSD? I know there is a 32bits one. I used it on fbsd too. It used to need special settings (agp). Use of nvidia driver comes first hand, so what kind of research do you mean? If I upgrade my solaris box it starts 64bits on AMD or 32bits on a 32b machine. Including Xorg-7.2; including the nVidia driver (all 64bits). You can download it on the nVidia site. But not for FreeBSD. And that's what I 'hate' (like I wrote). What's the fault in that reasoning? Linux and solaris are better supported and that's a pity. The nv driver works better than the vesa driver IMO -- it provides much better 2D support than the vesa driver. Absolutely. But nVidia beats the hell out of the nv driver. Since you're not willing to do the research, I'll give you the reader's digest version. nVidia's waiting on FreeBSD to implement key features in the kernel in order to properly support the amd64 and i386 + PAE platforms, because memory mapping and access isn't there yet in the FreeBSD kernel. Does that satisfy you? Read the archives in ports@, hackers@, and current@ over the past couple months to discover more details. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
Dick Hoogendijk writes: > Blame nVidia.. Can you tell me why there's no 64bits nVidia > driver for FreeBSD? Check the archives of ports@ (I think) within the last ten days. There's a substantive discussion - including contribution from the relevant person at nVidia - as to why. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dick Hoogendijk wrote: >> I have used FreeBSD for years and still hate to see this lack of >> support by others :-( > Again, read my response and do some research before you blame > nVidia. Blame nVidia.. Can you tell me why there's no 64bits nVidia driver for FreeBSD? I know there is a 32bits one. I used it on fbsd too. It used to need special settings (agp). Use of nvidia driver comes first hand, so what kind of research do you mean? If I upgrade my solaris box it starts 64bits on AMD or 32bits on a 32b machine. Including Xorg-7.2; including the nVidia driver (all 64bits). You can download it on the nVidia site. But not for FreeBSD. And that's what I 'hate' (like I wrote). What's the fault in that reasoning? Linux and solaris are better supported and that's a pity. > The nv driver works better than the vesa driver IMO -- it provides > much better 2D support than the vesa driver. Absolutely. But nVidia beats the hell out of the nv driver. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ + Solaris 11 05/07 ++ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
Dick Hoogendijk wrote: Thomas Sparrevohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I found that the "vesa" driver works ok with a GTX 8800 - not fast - but works People don't have a GTX8800 to have it just 'work' It needs to work fast! Personally I think it's very bad FreeBSD is not supported by nVidia, like f.i. solaris is. I don't want to write in favor of solaris, mind you, but it _is_ very nice to have Xorg-7.2 installed (both 32 and 64 bits) and a working 32 _and_ 64 bits native nVidia driver with it. I have used FreeBSD for years and still hate to see this lack of support by others :-( Again, read my response and do some research before you blame nVidia. The nv driver works better than the vesa driver IMO -- it provides much better 2D support than the vesa driver. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
Thomas Sparrevohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I found that the "vesa" driver works ok with a GTX 8800 - not fast - > but works People don't have a GTX8800 to have it just 'work' It needs to work fast! Personally I think it's very bad FreeBSD is not supported by nVidia, like f.i. solaris is. I don't want to write in favor of solaris, mind you, but it _is_ very nice to have Xorg-7.2 installed (both 32 and 64 bits) and a working 32 _and_ 64 bits native nVidia driver with it. I have used FreeBSD for years and still hate to see this lack of support by others :-( -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ + Solaris 11 05/07 ++ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
On Thursday 14 June 2007 01:47:18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, RW wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:33:16 -0600 > > "Andrew Falanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I was just wondering, a while ago I remember seeing a port for the > >> nvidia driver. I was just wondering, does this work on amd64? > > > > No. > > I found that the "vesa" driver works ok with a GTX 8800 - not fast - but works ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, RW wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:33:16 -0600 "Andrew Falanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I was just wondering, a while ago I remember seeing a port for the nvidia driver. I was just wondering, does this work on amd64? No. Just to quell any further discussion on this, there's a thread that's on current@, and it has the wiki page and other relevant resources as to why FreeBSD isn't currently up on nVidia's compatible list for amd64. Only i386 works currently. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: nvidia driver on amd64
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:33:16 -0600 "Andrew Falanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was just wondering, a while ago I remember seeing a port for the > nvidia driver. I was just wondering, does this work on amd64? No. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
