From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 27 06:57:22 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BAAB137 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:57:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from st11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (st11p00mm-asmtpout002.mac.com [17.172.81.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F905C79 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (66-188-153-21.dhcp.stcd.mn.charter.com [66.188.153.21]) by st11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.35.0 64bit (built Dec 4 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0NKF00DEZ4NDVK30@st11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:57:15 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.13.68,1.0.33,0.0.0000 definitions=2015-02-27_03:2015-02-26,2015-02-27,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1412110000 definitions=main-1502270073 Message-id: <54F01559.4060507@icloud.com> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 00:57:29 -0600 From: Brandon Schneider User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: reg@dwf.com Subject: Re: Still cant update nvidia driver References: <201502270651.t1R6pIPF001414@deneb.dwf.com> In-reply-to: <201502270651.t1R6pIPF001414@deneb.dwf.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 06:57:22 -0000 Have you tried removing the nvidia-driver-340.24 package? Try running "pkg remove nvidia-driver-340" and then "pkg install nvidia-driver-304". That should solve your problems. On 2/27/2015 12:51 AM, reg@dwf.com wrote: > I seem to be moving forward SLOWLY, but Im not sure there > is any light at the end of the tunnel. > > To Date I have > (1) been able to build the nvidia-driver-304, but not install it > (2) with lots of help from the list, I was able to run single user > get the file systems mounted, and try the install again. > > It still doesn't install. The error message from the installer reads > (roughly,- I had to copy this to paper, they type it back in to this > message) > > pkg-static: nviia-driver-304-304.25 conflicts with nvidia-driver-340.24 > (installs in the same place). Problematic file: > /usr/local/bin/nvidia-bug-reuport.sh > XXX Error Code 70 > Stop > > Now the 340 driver is the one supplied with FreeBSD, and it does NOT > support my card, the older, legacy driver 304.25 does, so it is my > intention to overwrite it... > > I could have saved a lot of time by just buying a new (supported) video > card for this machine, but at least I learning a lot about FreeBSD with > all these problems. > > So, any suggestions???