From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Nov 25 02:49:05 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 A76911C56FA for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 02:49:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com (mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2f]) (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 47Ls1X3Hntz3LDY for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2019 02:49:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vs1-xe2f.google.com with SMTP id p6so3811363vsj.11 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:49:04 -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=t9+2/f0R/2n6lNNRpinhOFI5bnfh397oJIZtWa+yNgE=; b=kcepM0/Xf+EVIkWtOz/n9rNlUZ5+EVz+Wyj1Yh22OuxSQeCx68ZQNQTvjK9AFeILnq 2qjA1+5BMxli7fDVjUQJ4n8E7yYG3UwJgdicOHdu2bj7+dbNvOr8j8EdcYQJzEdqp/Ma ceh5mAOy6Mpf9I7cJniDaLkqbZO/c9TA6OOkSBrnSFdDMawLxmxwEoNP23DWUaM03VT4 Bp78UkaYihWjxAqgRtMq7uGyZ8evVLbj41RarYAttu7kCCdqEBko7FybViojKx+cCs9R KG77yLiLfJD1MCJL6QVZBnl7k+w1gHHENmnu4MAHIREiOhE3Hzx5VYjPIRZRXBpq4c1a h65g== 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=t9+2/f0R/2n6lNNRpinhOFI5bnfh397oJIZtWa+yNgE=; b=Le3qUUHSyBpOnTRBBTG0C9DI+OQVxQhrsgEaWdIwOdAP9tLlozWqnWAuLalw6NQ2DT 63sFdZRzu080zm5GfTQR4ZFUGGAz1niBFIr9rp4+DAcli4HZ/q1k+j8IHR/kDE76A1vP L61dM0aJg1UCe3yRfgrTGwnihIrt5ST6BittTE6ndRpYDrfy5kRIb6zMQ7vX/wLZ2cwG MByXtO/D0T0F6kLbrqennNMSmF9G73vznED/9r7ghdGdP8FxcSw93IB48vJ54zj6JnBs NnbuAXDNjwcSYEbC/EAPPZ1UGelscqgKeM+X6yX7eCcTXNmGlvJZVowBIg1ZZkU4ZnH/ 0NTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUwZTOql63tBZD9D97fX4C6fvkawlRRjwLASUYTYnpjFoYUtO3I FR4VjJkZFzpW1oe7PzGmM3VZmae+eCSCmdU3pU4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzR2taNQgqmlrnsBQ+Zxb2i/UfY/mAeU/03z1d5BY8pmM3PbZRvduTZFspXmJxDa7NA/XXnqO6C52zjgrJXm/U= X-Received: by 2002:a67:f84d:: with SMTP id b13mr17506006vsp.57.1574650143133; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:49:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Patrick Mahan Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:48:52 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ports nvidia driver vs NVIDIA provided driver To: Aryeh Friedman Cc: User Questions X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47Ls1X3Hntz3LDY X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=kcepM0/X; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of plmahan@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2f as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=plmahan@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.00 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; 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: (-9.64), 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]; 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]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[f.2.e.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: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 02:49:05 -0000 On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 3:12 PM Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > > 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. > > Hmm, hadn't realized those had been added. I guess I should have done some more reading, I had assume (incorrectly) these were the nv driver which didn't support the full Nvidia functionality. Cool one less worry. Thanks, Patrick > > -- > Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org >