Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 20:13:22 +0000 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg problems Message-ID: <20150307201322.52d041cd@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <20150307163942.GG34815@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> References: <20150307163942.GG34815@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu>
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On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 11:39:42 -0500 William Bulley <web@umich.edu> wrote: > The latest nvidia-driver at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=nvidia-driver&stype=name > > is nvidia-driver-346.47 and this newer version does not support the > older graphics hardware in your Dell Inspiron laptop. If this does > not apply to your situation, then nevermind, but if it does apply > to you, then you need to downgrade nvidia-driver-346.47 to the > older nvidia-driver-340.76 which you can get (download) from the > NVIDIA download site. There's no need to download sources from nvidia. Earlier versions are available in ports, x11/nvidia-driver-304 and x11/nvidia-driver-340 and as binary packages. -- Mike Clarke
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