Hi all,
I am going install the Nvidia driver. I will use this howto: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/compiz-fusion/nvidia-setup.html. My graphics card is a GeForce 8600 GTS.
I am a newbie in FreeBSD. I do not know if I can fix any errors. Therefore, I will first write the whole procedure here. Please tell me about errors. A first step will update ports and system.
Second step will be to edit file /boot/loader.conf to add the line
Third step will be the instalation of the drivers.
Fourth step will be the instalallation of the x11/nvidia-xconfig port and creation of an xorg.conf file. In xorg.conf I will change nv to nvidia.YES.
Thanks.
Petr
I am going install the Nvidia driver. I will use this howto: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/compiz-fusion/nvidia-setup.html. My graphics card is a GeForce 8600 GTS.
Code:
pciconf -lv
vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0 class=0x030000 card=0x09501462 chip=0x040010de rev=0xa1
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'nVidia Corporation'
device = 'G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS]'
class = display
subclass = VGA
I am a newbie in FreeBSD. I do not know if I can fix any errors. Therefore, I will first write the whole procedure here. Please tell me about errors. A first step will update ports and system.
Code:
portsnap fetch
portsnap update
portupgrade -a
Second step will be to edit file /boot/loader.conf to add the line
Code:
nvidia_load="YES"
Third step will be the instalation of the drivers.
Code:
#cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver-71xx
# make
# make install
# make clean
Fourth step will be the instalallation of the x11/nvidia-xconfig port and creation of an xorg.conf file. In xorg.conf I will change nv to nvidia.YES.
Thanks.
Petr