Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:45:44 +1000 From: matti k <mattik@gwsit.com.au> To: tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, danfe@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nvidia-driver and no update in /usr/ports/UPDATING Message-ID: <20220419214544.3a0d236e@ws1.wobblyboot.net> In-Reply-To: <Yk9tEmvtQB5JEWoz@cloud9.zyxst.net> References: <Yk9tEmvtQB5JEWoz@cloud9.zyxst.net>
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On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 00:00:34 +0100
tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Trying to be a good sysadmin, i like to regularly update.
>
The latest repo seems to have dropped the 470.x driver I need
$ pkg -vv | grep url
url : "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/latest"
$ pkg search nvidia-driver
nvidia-driver-510.60.02 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for
hardware OpenGL rendering nvidia-driver-304-304.137_9 NVidia
graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering
nvidia-driver-340-340.108_3 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for
hardware OpenGL rendering nvidia-driver-390-390.147 NVidia
graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering
I have a kepler card and it needs the 470.x driver to work but pkg
wants to upgrade it to the 510.x driver, which fails to work
I often wonder why some pkgs disappear from the latest repo (I guess
the answer is easy and should use quarterly) but is there a way to
track why they break and possibly assist somehow?
Currently installing freebsd on an old laptop and scratching head which
nvidia-driver to use, maybe 390? seems dmesg/messages don't show this
until after installing an nvidia driver which may or may not work
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