Re: XFree86 with nVidia GeForce 8400 GS

[Cem Kayali <cemkayali%eticaret.com.tr@localhost>]

I have similar card and you need to use modular Xorg.

Insert  "X11_TYPE=modular" into /etc/mk.conf

and

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/modular-xorg-server
# make install clean


Regards,



Ray Phillips, 10/15/08 02:22:
> I've been trying to get XFree86 running on a PC running NetBSD/amd64 
> 4.0 which has an nVidia GeForce 8400 GS card.
>
> When I used the nv driver, startx fails with (taken from 
> /var/log/XFree86.0.log):
>
>         GeForce 6800 GT, 0x0220, GeForce 6200, 0x0222, 0x0228, 0x0090,
>         GeForce 7800 GTX, GeForce 7800 GT, 0x0093, 0x0094, GeForce Go 
> 7800,
>         GeForce Go 7800 GTX, 0x009C, Quadro FX 4500, 0x009E
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
> (EE) No devices detected.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
>
> Using the vesa driver instead just produces a black screen when I run 
> startx, and the only way to recover seems to be a reboot.
>
>
> There weren't many hits when I searched the NetBSD Web site but this 
> file:
>
> http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/xsrc/external/mit/xf86-video-nv/dist/ChangeLog 
>
>
> contains a couple of lines:
>
> commit 5d9b75b432dbc525e10c1c00436a1820456f6fb4
> Author: Aaron Plattner <aplattner%nvidia.com@localhost>
> Date:   Fri Apr 20 15:23:26 2007 -0700
>
>     GeForce 8300 GS and GeForce 8400 GS.
>
>
> What do they mean?  Are they saying the GeForce 8400 GS should be 
> supported in NetBSD 4.0 since it was released in late 2007, or is just 
> supported in -current?
>
> Would trying to use the FreeBSD driver from nVidia's Web site likely 
> be a waste of time?
>
>
> Ray