From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Nov 24 23:12:32 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9DAD1BF504 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io1-xd36.google.com (mail-io1-xd36.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d36]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47LmCh1hVPz4ck2 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io1-xd36.google.com with SMTP id x21so14145749ior.2 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:12:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=J9vr3WLn9u8FXNulfmY46DZCR24Jb5BZ+9ddrYk17r0=; b=pocWLP9IM8Tj/XK92FBoalZWTvF4baIvSHrH6jI67syaeWoxA5X2mQw8p995YS+nLL rPBOR2ZBYBuavt/ZhXeebVvj6V8V4YJkHE6xWopFNykojkirQonQyJrbIlqWLUWMln9r fSGOf7bMnUFta6CuYuPM3pwaWxDhj5bw4Tlq6RzkBZnReYJFz6ICvoua5ME8DaSaqsJL 6s3cyb9Ec0xeyxRX+/yoSIqI4xVlub0DkAYJm0D/uht+VbX9jbZtIrb/eJf6hPxbxGat Z3YXwyqmazGx3rjrY4fx/FPp7vJY1cbUpJFXY5artaUG3wGHAO6XyrY/ObLd3uOgmNVq MzFQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=J9vr3WLn9u8FXNulfmY46DZCR24Jb5BZ+9ddrYk17r0=; b=RvrAiz7YD0+7KsVMjAYS9HTYUabyBvzahWGF15/IAAKIIWEwh7o3+Fame2c9GW2n1r UswuA3HS/oE52aV2iGW/AzAFXSAU3p/7lz1I8/L+vg5vkx6fdEx5LWREM1gNe67ugYPo xVeKu7zRyrFuagg4UXK4qWOlOYodp8VLfFn3dGMV4tuNBaG93dW3ev/USLWDCwMnCPO7 953C6HlRS9UWqWwcOT2AP8kYGJFBkxSzxamD/Ga1UMirCjyfhCmaFk4Wus/+eH9zOUNa E41YNglp+2d6zoSJviGDLTYosExlpuYM/sUFC6cnuRkryt/yoZzf+gt548eE1OumFifJ RwEg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUa4TA1BMfhq6VzXj3eGaju5/sNhn5KsfpoZ1JvN7IssDOoI4xt Pn8LtcVf2pahjU80OZt7J95U/ys2cRyO3ze2w1Y= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz7KQAc+XXlgO3ecbQLEbeRQrHG+pZVcRqv+eCzHw3kQqH5tytZAHYnkIm2Nhal4YW8l7eyreHfR0i7RnD2S1Y= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:e701:: with SMTP id b1mr23074444ioh.119.1574637151338; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:12:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:12:20 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ports nvidia driver vs NVIDIA provided driver To: Patrick Mahan Cc: User Questions X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47LmCh1hVPz4ck2 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=pocWLP9I; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d36 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.00 / 15.00]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; URI_COUNT_ODD(1.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (-6.18), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-2.28), asn: 15169(-1.96), country: US(-0.05)]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[6.3.d.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:12:33 -0000 On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 6:06 PM Patrick Mahan wrote: > On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 3:00 PM Aryeh Friedman > wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 5:51 PM Patrick Mahan wrote: >> >>> I have an older GeForce GTS 450. For years after every OS upgrade I have >>> unpacked the latest tar file from NVIDIA that contains the driver >>> supporting my graphics card, built and installed and keep on going. >>> >> >> My GeForce GTS 750 works fine with the latest x11/nvidia-driver and it >> compiles with no issue at all on 12.1. If your not used to the newer >> driver you might want to read up on how to load it (you want to load >> modeset not the the raw driver for example). >> >> >> I'm not referring to building the x11/nvidia-driver, but building the > driver you can get directly from Nvidia - > > NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86_64-390.116.tar.gz > There is *ZERO* difference between the one you can download and the one in ports. -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org