From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 8 19:00:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A14210656C9 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5158FC08 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MDk4z-00055q-Ru for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:21 +0000 Received: from pool-68-239-70-200.res.east.verizon.net ([68.239.70.200]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:21 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-68-239-70-200.res.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:21 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:02 -0400 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <4A2D5C52.5020803@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-68-239-70-200.res.east.verizon.net Sender: news Subject: Re: Which nVidea driver to install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:00:39 -0000 LoH wrote: [snip] > What I have found to work is to make the nvidia-driver port, but not > install it (to get the dependencies). Then I would download the recent > driver from nVidia's website (as of this email, 185.18.14), untar it and > install that instead. If nvidia-xconfig doesn't work immediately, you > can install it from ports w/o a problem (or do the configuration by hand). > > It's a little involved, but it gets the job done. > > nVidia's README for FreeBSD drivers: > http://us.download.nvidia.com/freebsd/185.18.14/README/index.html > Yes - I agree that these utilities should be considered the more "proper" approach. Editing the xorg.conf by hand should be where one ends up after everything else hasn't worked. Generally speaking, most of these get it either right or so very close to right that only a minor tweak or two is needed. My config is somewhat non standard in that I use two monitors, one LCD flatscreen and the other an old 17" CRT. There are two methods for dual monitors, either multiple X screens or utilize the TwinView feature of the nvidia driver. Since the TwinView approach allows to drag windows from one monitor to the other with a mouse (what I wanted) I went that way. Ultimately in the end it took manual hackery to get it to work. But yes - use the utilities first, that's what they're made for. Only resort to hackery as a last resort. -Mike