LoH wrote:
[snip]
> What I have found to work is to make the nvidia-driver port, but not
> install it (to get the dependencies). Then I would download the recent
> driver from nVidia's website (as of this email, 185.18.14), untar it and
> install that instead. If nvidia-xconfig doesn't work immedi
Michael Powell wrote:
Section "Device"
#Driver "nv"
Driver "nvidia"
Just change "nv" to "nvidia", and perhaps in Section "Module"
Load "glx" if you need to.
Also notice what RW said; I am behind the times wrt to how things have
changed.
-Mike
What I have fo
Carmel wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:13:30 -0400
> Michael Powell wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>The nv can easily be installed along with Xorg. The nvidia driver is
>>more complex as it relies on the linuxolator to function, so there is
>>a larger number of dependencies. But when it comes time to cha
RW wrote:
[snip]
>
> Simple, but wrong.
>
> The driver is not a Linux driver, if you go to the nVidia site you will
> see that there are separate Linux and FreeBSD drivers. You don't need
> to load linux.ko at all if you built nvidia.ko without Linux support.
>
[snip]
Aha! You're right! Someth
I am not exactly sure which driver I am using between these two, however I
have found that setting up the driver and display are great with these
packages installed. I guess I would be using the most recent :)
nvidia-driver-173.14.12
nvidia-driver-71.86.06
nvidia-settings-173.14.09
nvidia-xconfig
On Monday 08 June 2009, Carmel wrote:
> One last question; if I install the AMD 64 bit version of FBSD, will
> the NV driver work? I know that the regular one won't since it
> doesn't support 64 bit systems.
I'm using i386 so have no direct experience of this but package versions
of the xf86-vid
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:15:16 +0100
Mike Clarke wrote:
>On Monday 08 June 2009, Michael Powell wrote:
>
>> As to which of the ports you need - the regular nvidia-driver and not
>> either of the 'legacy' versions should probably be used
>
>I found that I had to use the legacy nvidia-driver-96 port t
On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:26:34 -0400
Michael Powell wrote:
> To install the nvidia-driver port a kernel module named nvidia.ko is
> compiled. This module requires linux.ko to be loaded first. The
> reason is the nvidia-driver itself is a linux binary blob, and
> consequently must utilize the linu
On Monday 08 June 2009, Michael Powell wrote:
> As to which of the ports you need - the regular nvidia-driver and not
> either of the 'legacy' versions should probably be used
I found that I had to use the legacy nvidia-driver-96 port to get my
GeForce 6150 to function, as described in my post a
On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:13:30 -0400
Michael Powell wrote:
[snip]
>The nv can easily be installed along with Xorg. The nvidia driver is
>more complex as it relies on the linuxolator to function, so there is
>a larger number of dependencies. But when it comes time to change from
>nv to nvidia it is
RW wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:13:30 -0400
> Michael Powell wrote:
>
>> The nv can easily be installed along with Xorg. The nvidia driver is
>> more complex as it relies on the linuxolator to function, so there is
>> a larger number of dependencies.
This is incorrect:
> I think that's mis
On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:13:30 -0400
Michael Powell wrote:
> The nv can easily be installed along with Xorg. The nvidia driver is
> more complex as it relies on the linuxolator to function, so there is
> a larger number of dependencies.
I think that's misleading, AFAIK it's more a case that it ca
Carmel wrote:
> I have an nVidia Geforce 6150LE chip on the motherboard. Should I
> install the x11/nvidia-driver or the NV driver in
> x11-drivers/xorg-drivers? Would it cause a conflict if I tried to
> install both and do I even need both of them?
>
Install the nvidia driver if your install is
I have an nVidia Geforce 6150LE chip on the motherboard. Should I
install the x11/nvidia-driver or the NV driver in
x11-drivers/xorg-drivers? Would it cause a conflict if I tried to
install both and do I even need both of them?
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Carmel
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