re xfce and nvidia

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rbrick49

Hi, folks I am new to FreeBSD. Downloaded and installed today. Tried XFCE, installed XFCE won't boot. I also installed NVidia from port, I can boot into FreeBSD but no desktop any pointers would be I would be thankful.
 
Chapter 5.8.1 Setting up the FreeBSD nVidia Driver from the handbook needs an update.

Code: 
The driver will create a kernel module, which needs to be loaded at system startup. Add the following line to /boot/loader.conf:

nvidia_load="YES"

This is discouraged by revision 540866:
Code: 
Do not mention loading modules via loader.conf

It is generally discouraged to load graphics kernel modules via
loader.conf(5). According to kevans@, loading Nvidia modules like this is
fragile for UEFI on FreeBSD <= 12.1. It might work, but those modules are
large and the loader's staging area is insufficient to contain kernel,
Nvidia modules, and much of anything else at the same time.

Also:
Code: 
With the kernel module loaded, you normally only need to change a single line in xorg.conf to enable the proprietary driver:

Find the following line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

It's recommended to use single files instead of xorg.conf, and those should be placed in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ instead of /etc/X11/.
 
T-Daemon said:
This is discouraged by revision 540866:
Code: 
Do not mention loading modules via loader.conf

It is generally discouraged to load graphics kernel modules via
loader.conf(5). According to kevans@, loading Nvidia modules like this is
fragile for UEFI on FreeBSD <= 12.1. It might work, but those modules are
large and the loader's staging area is insufficient to contain kernel,
Nvidia modules, and much of anything else at the same time.
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What would the recommended alternative be if one wants to have the driver loaded automatically at startup?
 
Set in /etc/rc.conf kld_list="nvidia" or kld_list="nvidia-modeset" , as advised in the ports/packages install message, run pkg info -D nvidia-driver.
 
rbrick49 said:
Hi, folks I am new to FreeBSD. Downloaded and installed today. Tried XFCE, installed XFCE won't boot. I also installed NVidia from port, I can boot into FreeBSD but no desktop any pointers would be I would be thankful.
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Could you give more information? XFCE is a desktop environment, so it can't boot.
 
T-Daemon said:
Also:
Code: 
With the kernel module loaded, you normally only need to change a single line in xorg.conf to enable the proprietary driver:

Find the following line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

It's recommended to use single files instead of xorg.conf, and those should be placed in /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ instead of /etc/X11/.
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www.freebsd.org

Chapter 5. The X Window System

This chapter describes how to install and configure Xorg on FreeBSD, which provides the open source X Window System used to provide a graphical environment
www.freebsd.org www.freebsd.org
 
rbrick49 said:
no luck getting it running will try again later but will try kde
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I don't think KDE will help much until xorg is working. I struggled to get nvidia going too but finally it worked.

My xorg.conf needed
Code: 
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        Driver     "nvidia"
EndSection

and in /etc/rc.conf I have
Code: 
kld_list="nvidia-modeset"

and in /boot/loader.conf I have
Code: 
nvidia_load="YES"
 
got it installed after reboot I cant edit any files when I try to edit /etc/rc.conf it tells me it unwritable
 
rbrick49 said:
well it wont let me become root for some reason something has gone amiss
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You have to be in the wheel group in order to su to root.
I recommend you to use tools like doas or sudo.
 
BTW, I think you should give GhostBSD a try. It's easier to setup and use than the standard FreeBSD.
 
phalange said:
I don't think KDE will help much until xorg is working. I struggled to get nvidia going too but finally it worked.

My xorg.conf needed
Code: 
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        Driver     "nvidia"
EndSection

and in /etc/rc.conf I have
Code: 
kld_list="nvidia-modeset"

and in /boot/loader.conf I have
Code: 
nvidia_load="YES"
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I got kde working thanks to you and its looking good;);););):beer:
 
got kde plasma working thanks to all who helped
 

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