install 32bit NVIDIA driver on 64bit PC-BSD

grigorovl · #1 September 24th, 2011, 20:46

I am writing here as these forums are more active. I am using PC-BSD 9.0-BETA2 64bit. It came with the 280v of the 64bit NVIDIA driver. Can someone tell me how I can install the 32bit NVIDIA driver alongside with the 64bit one?

Steam currently works, downloads games, but on launch is stuck on "Launching so and so game..." for about 4 min then nothing happens. In order to get Steam games working, since Wine is 32bit, I need a 32bit NVIDIA driver alongside. This has been documented in many places, including the FreeBSD wiki for wine

Quote:

3D acceleration is working with the 64bit nvidia driver provided that you install the 32bit version (same version number) into the chroot (tested with World of Warcraft, 8.0-RELEASE).

Can someone clarify how to do that? The current driver I have is v280 64bit.

Cheers.

demo · #2 September 25th, 2011, 02:58

Did you setup a chroot for 32-bit binaries?
http://wiki.freebsd.org/Wine#Wine_on...SD.2BAC8-amd64

If you did, chroot back into the 32-bit system as in the instructions on that page, then instead of

Code:

cd /usr/ports/emulators/wine && make install clean

You would use this to install the 32bit nvidia driver

Code:

cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver && make install clean

rusty · #3 September 25th, 2011, 07:45

Or, you could use the pre-built packages from http://people.freebsd.org/~ivoras/wine/
there's a script there for installing the nvidia 32-bit driver.

grigorovl · #4 September 26th, 2011, 07:20

I did that, I am running his 64bit wine pkg, I have a native 64bit NVIDIA v280 and his script installed the 32bit NVIDIA v280. I installed Steam through winetricks and configured everything as per the page, but I still cannot get Team Fortress 2 to launch. Strangely enough, Portal launches and works. I cannot isolate if it's a 64bit problem or it's elsewhere.

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