From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Nov 24 23:06:26 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 661291BF014 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:06:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua1-x92a.google.com (mail-ua1-x92a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::92a]) (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 47Lm4d0j4Jz4c8f for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:06:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plmahan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua1-x92a.google.com with SMTP id 31so3809746uas.9 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:06:24 -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=Sul19ce3SCs12t2DX2l8JO2FJbdDFxW1he4h1yClh4A=; b=dmoBu907bztI8/IqaUNaKA3wEODVOEvzK+2JCgcwHf+hF6ego84miMt3BCVl2LyTj5 vUcoAHWow5i0lrHIwcbjlWHkDzTKK84n3YYVSavQRRtQEm/psj/C9QAuLX/4GzqL2iwX BdWigiCsb7eeCPv96z/Xi32k4su6KM1NwuASPhJUN4zhInDV8cNZTeKFZtiYmyPgUI9y X7xaXWzj4jRlG23lDjKO9KRF12dDPpBW2WsVt4uXPlXLvT1ttxtCrbxocAA7/6zWcYZh Y5b3nVknytgVEyvX6NETvJmS69PJK3Meob/DFUKShlYgjeSX9QjYp/1IQDMKWWxMe+T5 zgow== 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=Sul19ce3SCs12t2DX2l8JO2FJbdDFxW1he4h1yClh4A=; b=nYjIPpsZi/qBz2Y7PWPqLpjjoIqMROyZhGSqrj8vUbBt+T0aqesQl/r+FcVz8qcZzl 8GFIGNCUbSmVeTajPOUI+MAJ7+5eWTmm+ZpqmJx8o+W8wKnwBmWGgEJJSnkqokL25q1M CDBJ94w40OoTQbCPfsecn7FoxNTmO2Es1QCYk9dvLHILdIWwwOBNpr4hr871W7tMFCek nnS6wEA+vXNqCKcBUlHrq8kVfanq5B5fJz+8OM2l2PHbpHAPNXQLRw5vAklf/f3RnVZ9 FptzNqQGhaRyUXhTzx0xbMhMBv7UyYbDQJQELpWxsgfJCTNajRavxlN8y9kaM2BQvBUx PAUg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU0umQ5Da3g41XRmYSry84WgNCRWlC/0A3xykQXdyHOdUSp7Qj9 S+gVaK2pMl13LKZK55krSCi2ydGu4fvYXFWh+rY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxsZJPfe6VH9wQ8H/0VSLDrg4KM3nO/slvoSgBTxcsS6O9vK2YMmvmRNt9Trj5kSwofuo7N1cK38+kRrcByL2Y= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:6441:: with SMTP id j1mr15710119uap.141.1574636783824; Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:06:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Patrick Mahan Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:06:13 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ports nvidia driver vs NVIDIA provided driver To: Aryeh Friedman Cc: User Questions X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47Lm4d0j4Jz4c8f X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=dmoBu907; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of plmahan@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::92a as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=plmahan@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; 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: (-9.79), 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)[a.2.9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.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 23:06:26 -0000 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 I am wondering if I should bother working out how to build it in favor of just using the x11/nvidia-driver package. Thanks, Patrick