Dell M4400 && Xorg-vesa && 1920x1200 res?

[Pieter de Goeje]

On Thursday 14 May 2009 13:19:54 Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El día Thursday, May 14, 2009 a las 12:34:04PM +0200, Pieter de Goeje escribió:
> 
> > You could try that, but I see that you're running 32bit FreeBSD, which should enable
> > you to use te nvidia binary driver (x11/nvidia-driver).
> > I know it works excellent on my laptop (i386, 7-STABLE w/ GeForce 8400M).
> 
> Thanks for your hint; I've installed this port x11/nvidia-driver and did
> what the port requested at the end about /boot/loader.conf and
> /etc/rc.conf;
> 
> I run 
> 
> # X -configure
> 
> and got a fresh xorg.conf created which as well contains 'nvidia' as the
> driver:
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
>         BoardName   "Quadro FX 770M"
>         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> but when I run:
> 
> # X -retro -config /root/xorg.conf.new
> 
> X.Org X Server 1.6.0
> Release Date: 2009-2-25
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT i386 
> Current Operating System: FreeBSD current 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #1: Mon May 11 13:31:04 UTC 2009
> guru at current:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/REBELION-CURRENT i386
> Build Date: 28 April 2009  11:44:04AM
>  
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> 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: Thu May 14 13:05:56 2009
> (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
> NVIDIA: failed to set MTRR 0xe0000000, 0M (write-combining)
> NVIDIA: failed to set MTRR 0xe0000000, 0M (write-combining)
> 
> it just hard-locks the system :-(
> 
> any idea? could you send me off-list your xorg.conf to check it?
> 
> 	matthias
I don't know if you can install/"downgrade" to 7-STABLE, but perhaps the nvidia
driver is broken on -CURRENT. Or you might try posting this problem on the nvnews.net fora.

My xorg.conf is just like yours, so I don't think sending mine will help.

Sorry, I'm all out of ideas here :-/

-- 
Pieter de Goeje