From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 23:56:17 2011 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 B2CEE1065672 for ; Sun, 1 May 2011 23:56:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F7F58FC15 for ; Sun, 1 May 2011 23:56:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QGgUo-00010K-Sw for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 02 May 2011 01:56:14 +0200 Received: from pool-173-79-85-36.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.85.36]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 May 2011 01:56:14 +0200 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-85-36.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 02 May 2011 01:56:14 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 19:59:19 -0400 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <20110501071035.1d52818e@scorpio> <4DBD8B61.8040605@diamondbox.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-85-36.washdc.fios.verizon.net Subject: Re: NVIDIA-driver-173 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 23:56:17 -0000 Nikolaj Thygesen wrote: > On 05/01/2011 18:18, Michael Powell wrote: >> Jerry wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:18:32 -0700 >>> Arthur Barlow articulated: >>> >>>> Does anyone know if this will ever be supported for FreeBSD 8.x? I >>>> tried both the version in ports as well as the one directly from >>>> NVIDIA. No joy. Does anyone know of other possibilities? >>> You might try putting the port's name in question into the body of >>> your post. Anyway, is there a specific reason that you cannot use the >>> latest version in the posts system, "nvidia-driver-256.53_1"? I believe >>> that nVidia released a newer version last year, 270.41.06, >>> but it is apparently not available in the ports system. You might want >>> to check with regarding that. >>> >>> All of the FreeBSD nVidia drivers are listed on: >>> . >>> >> Also in /usr/ports/x11 are the ports for nvidia-driver, nvidia-driver-71, >> nvidia-driver-96, and nvidia-driver-173. It is unclear what/which may >> have been tried. >> >> -Mike [snip] > > 270.41.06 was released around a week ago, and runs fine here. The > version in ports hasn't been updated for several releases. > > br - Nikolaj > Quite some time back Nvidia split the driver collections into recent and legacy. The newest latest driver package does not have any support for old cards previous to a certain time. For cards that old you must use one of the old legacy driver sets. -Mike