NVIDIA driver fails with Xorg after 'gettext' update.

[Jerry]

FreeBSD-8.0-STABLE / amd64

I just finished updating which included the 'gettext' bump. Now, I am
experiencing a problem with the "nvidia-driver-195.36.15".

None of the 'opengl' screen savers worked. Examining the Xorg log
showed an error message that the nvidia opengl module was not loading.
I therefore did an R&R on the port. I rebooted the system and then
attempted to start KDE. I was greeted with this error message:

NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (No such file or
directory ).
(EE) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel
module. Please see the (EE) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0):     system's
kernel log for additional error messages and (EE) Jun 06 05:58:12
NVIDIA(0):     consult the NVIDIA README for details. (EE) NVIDIA(0):
*** Aborting *** (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable
configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.

Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information

This is a snipped from the Xorg log:

(==) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and
Composite X extensions is
(II) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(EE) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel
module. P lease see the
(EE) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0):     system's kernel log for additional
error mes sages and
(EE) Jun 06 05:58:12 NVIDIA(0):     consult the NVIDIA README for
details. (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
.

From the /boot/loader.conf file:

nvidia_load="YES"		# nVidia video driver

I was wondering if anyone else had experienced a similar phenomena or
had a suggestion on how to rectify this problem?


-- 
Jerry
FreeBSD.user at seibercom.net

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