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Subject: Re: loading the official nvidia driver at startup
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Tuc wrote:

>>I recently installed the official nvidia driver (version 1.0.3203) from 
>>the ports collection my FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE machine.  Is there a way to 
>>load the nvidia.ko module at startup?  I've tried putting 
>>nvidia_load="YES" in my /boot/loader.conf file, which was suggested in a 
>>message I found in the archives of freebsd-questions, but it didn't work 
>>for me.  The module doesn't get loaded, and I still have to run "kldload 
>>nvidia" to get things to work.
>>
>>    
>>
>	Do you have :
>
>linux_load="YES"
>nvidia_load="YES"
>
>
>	I think you need the Linux loaded there too.
>
>		Tuc/TTSG Internet Services, Inc.
>

Thanks, that worked.