Can't get GUI

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ali_dzi

Newbie here.

Have been "using" FreeBSD through XigmaNAS fo years,
but now tried to install 15.0 at old desktop. Install goes OK,
(flowed YT "From Zero to Desktop"), but fails after reboot with
black screen (it logs as user I have defined). It doesn't show GUI.
I can go to console with CTRL_ALT_F1 and reboot, but nothing else,
since after reboot it goes BLACK again after logs as my user.

It's OLD AMD Athlon II X4 640 CPU with Nvidia GeForce 8600GT.
I have selected Nvidia drivers 340, as recommended (later tried others)
but nothing changed. Linux works OK on it, but I wanted to try FreeBSD.

Any ideas?
 
You may need to install nvidia-xconfig ( /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-xconfig )
and run it once to put an xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/
In case proprietary Nvidia 340 driver has issues with recognising the CARD.
 
drsnx60 said:
You may need to install nvidia-xconfig ( /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-xconfig )
and run it once to put an xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/
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Please stop doing that.

Just create a /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/driver-nvidia.conf:
Code: 
Section "Device"
  Identifier "Nvidia"
  Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
That's it. That's all that's required.

Oh, and make sure the kernel module gets loaded; sysrc kld_list+=nvidia-modeset

In case the installer added nvidia-drm; sysrc kld_list-=nvidia-drm
 
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I have an old MacbookPro that also has an Nvidia 8600GT and wirh the help of the forum I found the configuration required to make it work.
As the nvidia-340 driver is quite old, it has a problem with the current xorg version.
To make it work, it is necessary to add the ignore ABI option to the driver configuration as is described here.
As far as I remember - I currently don‘t have the Mac at hand - the nvidia-340 kernel module is named nvidia.ko, so the rc.conf config line would read:
sysrc kld_list+=nvidia. This must be the only nvidia entry in the kld_list
 
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