X11: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module

[David Marec]

First, the last week, I upgraded my freebsd box and portupgrade built an installed the new driver, 9746 that does not support my card:
GeForce2 MX/MX 400

I re-installed the 9631 driver but then, the following error occurs :

X Window System Version 6.9.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 6.2 i386 [ELF] 
Current Operating System: FreeBSD david.dmarec.homeunix.net 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #3: Sat Jan 20 10:59:20 CET 2007     root@david.dmarec.homeunix.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KMirabelle i386
Build Date: 10 December 2006
[...]
II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.9631
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.9631
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[...]
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  1.0-9631  Thu Nov  9 17:40:39 PST 2006
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.so
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 0.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
	[0] -1	0	0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
	[1] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
	[2] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
	[3] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
	[4] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
	[5] -1	0	0xfeafac00 - 0xfeafafff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[6] -1	0	0xfeafc000 - 0xfeafffff (0x4000) MX[b]E
	[7] -1	0	0xfebff400 - 0xfebff7ff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[8] -1	0	0xfebff800 - 0xfebffbff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[9] -1	0	0xfebffc00 - 0xfebfffff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[10] -1	0	0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]EO
	[11] -1	0	0xfe9f0000 - 0xfe9fffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
	[12] -1	0	0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
	[13] -1	0	0xfd000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
	[14] -1	0	0xfeafb000 - 0xfeafbfff (0x1000) MX[b]E
	[15] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
	[16] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
	[17] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[18] -1	0	0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[19] -1	0	0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[20] -1	0	0x0000ee80 - 0x0000eeff (0x80) IX[b]E
	[21] -1	0	0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[22] -1	0	0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[23] -1	0	0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fcff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[24] -1	0	0x0000ef80 - 0x0000efff (0x80) IX[b]E
	[25] -1	0	0x0000ef40 - 0x0000ef7f (0x40) IX[b]E
	[26] -1	0	0x0000ef20 - 0x0000ef3f (0x20) IX[b]E
	[27] -1	0	0x0000ef00 - 0x0000ef1f (0x20) IX[b]E
(II) resource ranges after probing:
	[0] -1	0	0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
	[1] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
	[2] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
	[3] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
	[4] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
	[5] -1	0	0xfeafac00 - 0xfeafafff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[6] -1	0	0xfeafc000 - 0xfeafffff (0x4000) MX[b]E
	[7] -1	0	0xfebff400 - 0xfebff7ff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[8] -1	0	0xfebff800 - 0xfebffbff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[9] -1	0	0xfebffc00 - 0xfebfffff (0x400) MX[b]E
	[10] -1	0	0xf8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]EO
	[11] -1	0	0xfe9f0000 - 0xfe9fffff (0x10000) MX[b](B)
	[12] -1	0	0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
	[13] -1	0	0xfd000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
	[14] -1	0	0xfeafb000 - 0xfeafbfff (0x1000) MX[b]E
	[15] 0	0	0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
	[16] 0	0	0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
	[17] 0	0	0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
	[18] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
	[19] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[21] -1	0	0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[22] -1	0	0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[23] -1	0	0x0000ee80 - 0x0000eeff (0x80) IX[b]E
	[24] -1	0	0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[25] -1	0	0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[26] -1	0	0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fcff (0x100) IX[b]E
	[27] -1	0	0x0000ef80 - 0x0000efff (0x80) IX[b]E
	[28] -1	0	0x0000ef40 - 0x0000ef7f (0x40) IX[b]E
	[29] -1	0	0x0000ef20 - 0x0000ef3f (0x20) IX[b]E
	[30] -1	0	0x0000ef00 - 0x0000ef1f (0x20) IX[b]E
	[31] 0	0	0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
	[32] 0	0	0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) 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)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly. 
(EE) NVIDIA(0):     Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***

What should i do ?

[adamk75]

Originally Posted by David Marec

First, the last week, I upgraded my freebsd box and portupgrade built an installed the new driver, 9746 that does not support my card:
GeForce2 MX/MX 400

I re-installed the 9631 driver but then, the following error occurs :

According to nVidia's website, 9631 doesn't support your card either. The latest legacy driver would appear to be 7184. Try the following driver:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-7184.html

[zander]

The 1.0-9631 FreeBSD graphics driver release does support this GPU, see ftp://download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1....ppendix-a.html; for more information on why the NVIDIA kernel module couldn't be initialized, please see the output of `dmesg` right after a failed attempt to start X.

[David Marec]

Zander,

Originally Posted by zander

The 1.0-9631 FreeBSD graphics driver release does support this GPU, see ftp://download.nvidia.com/freebsd/1....ppendix-a.html;

Right, i was using this driver release for weeks.

for more information on why the NVIDIA kernel module couldn't be initialized, please see the output of `dmesg` right after a failed attempt to start X.

Jan 21 21:02:54 david kernel: nvidia0: <GeForce2 MX/MX 400> mem 0xfd000000-0xfdffffff,0xe8000000-0xefffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
Jan 21 21:02:54 david kernel: nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
Jan 21 21:03:08 david kernel: pid 1333 (Xorg), uid 0: exited on signal 6

Dmesg did not log anything else.


Thanks for your help.

[David Marec]

Hum,it was the glx module that was making X to abort.

After a new re-installation of the driver, it works.

I don't undestand what happened.