My laptop (which I've had for about 4 years now) uses an Nvidia Quadro FX 770M (G96GL); after an initial (brief) test of using the nv driver, I switched to x11/nvidia-driver and have been using it since.
Now, I have multiple branches of FreeBSD on the laptop (stable/9,
stable/10, and head); each on its own slice. And unless something
interferes with my ability to do so, I update each of these slices, as
well as the installed ports (which are -- with few exceptions -- only
built under stable/9, as /usr/local is common to each of the slices) on
a daily basis.
The general sequence of operations is:
* Boot from the stable/9 slice.
* While "portmaster -aF --index" is running, update stable/9.
* Reboot stable/9; smoke test.
* Update installed ports ("portmaster -ad --index").
* Update stable/10 sources.
* Reboot to stable/10.
* Update stable/10.
* Reboot stable/10; smoke test.
* Update head sources.
* Reboot to head.
* Update head.
* Reboot head; smoke test.
* Reboot -- usually to stable/9 -- for usual day-to-day work.
(With slight changes to the above numbers (and port update tools),
that approach has generally served me well for over a decade.)
Now, x11/nvidia-driver involves a (3rd-party) kernel module. Therefore,
I include the line:
PORTS_MODULES=x11/nvidia-driver
in /etc/src.conf -- for each of the slices/branches. Thus, the laptop
gets a fair amount of practice building & installing that port. And this
has tended to Just Work -- the notable exceptions are when there's a new
version of x11/nvidia-driver, just built under stable/9 (which populated
/usr/local/lib), then I switch to a different branch, and there's a
mis-match, causing nvidia-driver to whine. In the past, running
"portmaster x11/nvdia-driver" (then unloading the old kernel module &
reloading the new one) has taken care of this.
Today, however, things Got Weird. In a fairly bad way.
First, immediately after building the kernel proper, I see:
...
objcopy --only-keep-debug kernel.debug kernel.symbols
objcopy --strip-debug --add-gnu-debuglink=kernel.symbols kernel.debug kernel
===> Ports module x11/nvidia-driver (all)
cd ${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}/x11/nvidia-driver;
PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/games:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/games:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
SRC_BASE=/usr/src OSVERSION=902506 WRKDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY
/usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make -B clean all
And then I get a dialog menu:
+[ ] ACPI_PM ACPI Power Management support
+[x] DOCS Build and/or install documentation
+[ ] LINUX Linux compatibility support
+[ ] WBINVD Flush CPU caches directly with WBINVD
Docs seem OK, so I leave that. Depending on how much of the daily
routine I get through before I need to hop on the bike to catch a
train to get to work, it's not at all uncommon for me to perceive
a need to suspend the machine until after I've boarded the train,
then resume building head or read for a bit.
So I checked ACPI_PM. I'm unclear on what "Linux compatibility support"
means for me, so I leave it alone. I've no real clue what "WBINVD" is,
so I leave it alone. The next thing from the typescript file:
===> Found saved configuration for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> Fetching all distfiles required by nvidia-driver-331.20 for building
===> Extracting for nvidia-driver-331.20
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-331.20.tar.gz.
===> Patching for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> Applying extra patch
/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/files/extra-patch-mk__nvidia.lib.mk
===> Applying extra patch
/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/files/extra-patch-x11__driver__Makefile
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on file:
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/glproto.pc - found
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on file:
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/dri2proto.pc - found
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on file:
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/xorg-server.pc - found
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on shared library: libGL.so - found
===> Configuring for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> Building for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> src (all)
...[boring build stuff elided -- dhw]...
ld -Bshareable -d -warn-common -o nvidia.ko nvidia.kld
objcopy --strip-debug nvidia.ko
===> lib (all)
===> lib/libGL (all)
===> lib/libnvidia-tls (all)
===> lib/libnvidia-cfg (all)
===> lib/libnvidia-glcore (all)
===> lib/libvdpau_nvidia (all)
===> x11 (all)
===> x11/driver (all)
===> x11/extension (all)
===> doc (all)
--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Kernel build for CANARY completed on Sat Feb 1 06:15:06 PST 2014
--------------------------------------------------------------
Sat Feb 1 06:15:06 PST 2014
/usr/ports /usr/src
/usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver /usr/ports /usr/src
===> Cleaning for nvidia-driver-331.20
/usr/ports /usr/src
/usr/ports/print/acroreadwrapper /usr/ports /usr/src
===> Cleaning for acroreadwrapper-0.0.20130208
/usr/ports /usr/src
/usr/src
Sat Feb 1 06:15:06 PST 2014
--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Installing kernel CANARY
--------------------------------------------------------------
cd /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY; MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj MACHINE_ARCH=i386
MACHINE=i386 CPUTYPE= GROFF_BIN_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin
GROFF_FONT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/share/groff_font
GROFF_TMAC_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/share/tmac
PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/games:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/games:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
/usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make KERNEL=kernel install
...
kldxref /boot/kernel
===> Ports module x11/nvidia-driver (install)
cd ${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}/x11/nvidia-driver;
PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/games:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/games:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
SRC_BASE=/usr/src OSVERSION=902506 WRKDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY
/usr/obj/usr/src/make.i386/make -B deinstall deinstall reinstall
===> Deinstalling for x11/nvidia-driver
===> Deinstalling nvidia-driver-331.20
pkg_delete: '/boot/modules/nvidia.ko' fails original MD5 checksum - deleted
anyway.
pkg_delete: unable to completely remove directory '/compat/linux/usr/lib/vdpau'
pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package `nvidia-driver-331.20'
(perhaps the packing list is incorrectly specified?)
and now I see another dialog box:
+[ ] ACPI_PM ACPI Power Management support
+[x] DOCS Build and/or install documentation
+[ ] LINUX Linux compatibility support
+[ ] WBINVD Flush CPU caches directly with WBINVD
Err.... didn't we go through this already??!?
OK; fine. I re-select ACPI_PM & hit Enter; then:
===> Staging for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on file:
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/xorg-server.pc - found
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on shared library: libGL.so - found
===> Generating temporary packing list
===> src (install)
install -o root -g wheel -m 555 nvidia.ko
/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/work/stage/boot/modules
...
====> Compressing man pages (compress-man)
===> Building package for nvidia-driver-331.20
Creating package
/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/work/nvidia-driver-331.20.tbz
Registering depends: xorg-server-1.7.7_11,1 dri-7.6.1_3,2 libXxf86misc-1.0.3
libGL-7.6.1_4 libXxf86vm-1.1.3 libXinerama-1.1.3,1 libXaw-1.0.12,2
libXp-1.0.2,1 libXmu-1.1.2,1 libXpm-3.5.11 libXext-1.3.2,1 libXdamage-1.1.4
libXfixes-5.0.1 libxkbui-1.0.2_1 libXt-1.1.4,1 hal-0.5.14_22 consolekit-0.4.3
polkit-0.105_1 gobject-introspection-1.36.0_2 policykit-0.9_6 dbus-glib-0.100.2
glib-2.36.3_1 python-2.7_1,2 xkbcomp-1.2.4 libxkbfile-1.0.8 dbus-1.6.18
libX11-1.6.2,1 python2-2_2 python27-2.7.6_1 gettext-0.18.3.1 libxcb-1.9.3
xkeyboard-config-2.10.1 libxml2-2.8.0_3 libiconv-1.14_1 icu-50.1.2
libffi-3.0.13_1 libdrm-2.4.17_1 libpciaccess-0.13.2 libpthread-stubs-0.3_4
libvolume_id-0.81.1 pcre-8.33 pkgconf-0.9.4 perl5-5.16.3_6 gnomehier-3.0
pciids-20131225 libXfont-1.4.7,1 freetype2-2.5.2 dmidecode-2.12 gnome_subr-1.0
expat-2.1.0 fontsproto-2.1.2 libfontenc-1.1.2 damageproto-1.2.1 dri2proto-2.8
fixesproto-5.0 kbproto-1.0.6 libSM-1.2.2,1 libICE-1.0.8,1 libXau-1.0.8
libXdmcp-1.1.1 pixman-0.32.4 printproto-1.0.5 xextproto-7.2.1
xf86miscproto-0.9.3 xf86vidmodeproto-2.3.1 xineramaproto-1.2.1 xproto-7.0.25.
Creating bzip'd tar ball in
'/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/work/nvidia-driver-331.20.tbz'
tar: lib/libEGL.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libEGL.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv1_CM.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv1_CM.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv2.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv2.so.2: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-eglcore.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-eglcore.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-glsi.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-glsi.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
pkg_create: make_dist: tar command failed with code 256
*** [do-package] Error code 1
Stop in /common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver.
*** [install] Error code 1
Stop in /common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver.
*** [reinstall] Error code 1
Stop in /common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver.
*** [ports-install] Error code 1
Stop in /common/S1/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY.
*** [installkernel] Error code 1
Stop in /usr/src.
*** [installkernel] Error code 1
Stop in /usr/src.
Well. That's a disruption. :-(
Hmmm... so I figured that maybe it would benefit from a "normal"
port upgrade process. I issue "portmaster x11/nvidia-driver".
===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver
===>>> Gathering distinfo list for installed ports
===>>> Launching 'make checksum' for x11/nvidia-driver in background
And I get the dialog box again. And I re-select ACPI_PM. Then:
===>>> Gathering dependency list for x11/nvidia-driver from ports
===>>> Initial dependency check complete for x11/nvidia-driver
0;portmaster: x11/nvidia-driver^G
===>>> Starting build for x11/nvidia-driver <<<===
===>>> All dependencies are up to date
===> Cleaning for nvidia-driver-331.20
And I get the dialog box again. And I re-select ACPI_PM. Then:
===> License NVIDIA accepted by the user
===> Found saved configuration for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> Fetching all distfiles required by nvidia-driver-331.20 for building
===> Extracting for nvidia-driver-331.20
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-331.20.tar.gz.
===> Patching for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> Applying extra patch
/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/files/extra-patch-mk__nvidia.lib.mk
===> Applying extra patch
/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/files/extra-patch-x11__driver__Makefile
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on file:
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/glproto.pc - found
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on file:
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/dri2proto.pc - found
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on file:
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig/xorg-server.pc - found
===> nvidia-driver-331.20 depends on shared library: libGL.so - found
===> Configuring for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> Building for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> src (all)
@ -> /usr/src/sys
machine -> /usr/src/sys/i386/include
:> opt_acpi.h
x86 -> /usr/src/sys/x86/include
...
ld -Bshareable -d -warn-common -o nvidia.ko nvidia.kld
objcopy --strip-debug nvidia.ko
===> lib (all)
===> lib/libGL (all)
===> lib/libnvidia-tls (all)
===> lib/libnvidia-cfg (all)
===> lib/libnvidia-glcore (all)
===> lib/libvdpau_nvidia (all)
===> x11 (all)
===> x11/driver (all)
===> x11/extension (all)
===> doc (all)
And I get the dialog box again. And I re-select ACPI_PM. Then:
===> Staging for nvidia-driver-331.20
===> Generating temporary packing list
===> src (install)
install -o root -g wheel -m 555 nvidia.ko
/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/work/stage/boot/modules
===> lib (install)
===> lib/libGL (install)
...
===> Building package for nvidia-driver-331.20
Creating package /common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/work/nvidia-driver-331.20.tbz
Registering depends: xorg-server-1.7.7_11,1 dri-7.6.1_3,2 libXxf86misc-1.0.3
libGL-7.6.1_4 libXxf86vm-1.1.3 libXinerama-1.1.3,1 libXaw-1.0.12,2
libXp-1.0.2,1 libXmu-1.1.2,1 libXpm-3.5.11 libXext-1.3.2,1 li
bXdamage-1.1.4 libXfixes-5.0.1 libxkbui-1.0.2_1 libXt-1.1.4,1 hal-0.5.14_22
consolekit-0.4.3 polkit-0.105_1 gobject-introspection-1.36.0_2 policykit-0.9_6
dbus-glib-0.100.2 glib-2.36.3_1 python-2.7_1,2 xkb
comp-1.2.4 libxkbfile-1.0.8 dbus-1.6.18 libX11-1.6.2,1 python2-2_2
python27-2.7.6_1 gettext-0.18.3.1 libxcb-1.9.3 xkeyboard-config-2.10.1
libxml2-2.8.0_3 libiconv-1.14_1 icu-50.1.2 libffi-3.0.13_1 libdrm-2
.4.17_1 libpciaccess-0.13.2 libpthread-stubs-0.3_4 libvolume_id-0.81.1
pcre-8.33 pkgconf-0.9.4 perl5-5.16.3_6 gnomehier-3.0 pciids-20131225
libXfont-1.4.7,1 freetype2-2.5.2 dmidecode-2.12 gnome_subr-1.0 ex
pat-2.1.0 fontsproto-2.1.2 libfontenc-1.1.2 damageproto-1.2.1 dri2proto-2.8
fixesproto-5.0 kbproto-1.0.6 libSM-1.2.2,1 libICE-1.0.8,1 libXau-1.0.8
libXdmcp-1.1.1 pixman-0.32.4 printproto-1.0.5 xextproto-7.
2.1 xf86miscproto-0.9.3 xf86vidmodeproto-2.3.1 xineramaproto-1.2.1
xproto-7.0.25.
Creating bzip'd tar ball in
'/common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/work/nvidia-driver-331.20.tbz'
tar: lib/libEGL.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libEGL.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv1_CM.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv1_CM.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv2.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libGLESv2.so.2: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-eglcore.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-eglcore.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-glsi.so: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: lib/libnvidia-glsi.so.1: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
pkg_create: make_dist: tar command failed with code 256
*** [do-package] Error code 1
Stop in /common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver.
*** [install] Error code 1
Stop in /common/ports/x11/nvidia-driver.
===>>> Installation of nvidia-driver-331.20 (x11/nvidia-driver) failed
===>>> Aborting update
===>>> Killing background jobs
Terminated
===>>> You can restart from the point of failure with this command line:
portmaster <flags> x11/nvidia-driver
===>>> Exiting
So what do I need to do to make this work?
The system is running:
FreeBSD g1-251.catwhisker.org 9.2-STABLE FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE #656
r261314M/261318:902506: Fri Jan 31 04:46:38 PST 2014
r...@g1-251.catwhisker.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CANARY i386
and I had just updated sources to r261347 and ports to r342118.
Peace,
david
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