You can disable NVIDIA's AGP module (NVAGP) through the "NvAGP" option in your X config file. This same option is used with Linux and Solaris. Its effect for Solaris is as follows:
Option "NvAgp" "0" ... disables AGP support
Option "NvAgp" "1" ... use NVAGP, if possible
Option "NvAgp" "2" ... disables AGP support
Option "NvAGP" "3" ... use NVAGP, if possible
The default is 3.
If you are experiencing problems with stability, you may want to start by disabling AGP and observing if that solves the problems.
The following AGP chipsets are supported by NVIDIA's AGP driver; for all other chipsets it is recommended that you use the AGPGART module.
| Supported AGP Chipsets |
|---|
| Intel 440LX |
| Intel 440BX |
| Intel 440GX |
| Intel 815 ("Solano") |
| Intel 820 ("Camino") |
| Intel 830M |
| Intel 840 ("Carmel") |
| Intel 845 ("Brookdale") |
| Intel 845G |
| Intel 850 ("Tehama") |
| Intel 855 ("Odem") |
| Intel 860 ("Colusa") |
| Intel 865G ("Springdale") |
| Intel 875P ("Canterwood") |
| Intel E7205 ("Granite Bay") |
| Intel E7505 ("Placer") |
| AMD 751 ("Irongate") |
| AMD 761 ("IGD4") |
| AMD 762 ("IGD4 MP") |
| AMD 8151 ("Lokar") |
| VIA 8371 |
| VIA 82C694X |
| VIA KT133 |
| VIA KT266 |
| VIA KT400 |
| VIA P4M266 |
| VIA P4M266A |
| VIA P4X400 |
| VIA K8T800 |
| VIA K8N800 |
| VIA PT880 |
| VIA KT880 |
| RCC CNB20LE |
| RCC 6585HE |
| Micron SAMDDR ("Samurai") |
| Micron SCIDDR ("Scimitar") |
| NVIDIA nForce |
| NVIDIA nForce2 |
| NVIDIA nForce3 |
| ALi 1621 |
| ALi 1631 |
| ALi 1647 |
| ALi 1651 |
| ALi 1671 |
| SiS 630 |
| SiS 633 |
| SiS 635 |
| SiS 645 |
| SiS 646 |
| SiS 648 |
| SiS 648FX |
| SiS 650 |
| SiS 651 |
| SiS 655 |
| SiS 655FX |
| SiS 661 |
| SiS 730 |
| SiS 733 |
| SiS 735 |
| SiS 745 |
| SiS 755 |
| ATI RS200M |
If you are experiencing AGP stability problems, you should be aware of the following:
Additional AGP Information
Many Via-based motherboards allow adjusting the AGP drive strength in the system BIOS. The setting of this option largely affects system stability, the range between 0xEA and 0xEE seems to work best for NVIDIA hardware. Setting either nibble to 0xF generally results in severe stability problems.
If you decide to experiment with this, you need to be aware of the fact that you are doing so at your own risk and that you may render your system unbootable with improper settings until you reset the setting to a working value (w/ a PCI graphics card or by resetting the BIOS to its default values).
Make sure you have the latest system BIOS provided by the motherboard manufacturer.
On ALi1541 and ALi1647 chipsets, NVIDIA drivers disable AGP to work around timing and signal integrity problems. You can force AGP to be enabled on these chipsets by setting NVreg_EnableALiAGP to 1. Note that this may cause the system to become unstable.
Early system BIOS revisions for the ASUS A7V8X-X KT400 motherboard misconfigure the chipset when an AGP 2.x graphics card is installed; if X hangs on your ASUS KT400 system with NvAGP enabled and the installed graphics card is not an AGP 8x device, make sure that you have the latest system BIOS installed.