From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 19:49:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E9716A41F for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7C3E13C4AD for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:49:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.pgh.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E6C5EBC78; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:49:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:49:22 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Kiffin Gish" Message-Id: <20070612154922.986aa002.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c7ad29$caa20a70$6601a8c0@KGISH> References: <000001c7ad29$caa20a70$6601a8c0@KGISH> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failed to load module "nv" ... 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: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:49:47 -0000 In response to "Kiffin Gish" : > The other day I upgraded to xorg 7.2 but when I run startx I get the > following error message: > > --> Failed to load module "nv" > > Rather that using the nvidia driver from the ports I had earlier downloaded > the official freebsd driver from the nvidia site, but had installed it into > the old xorg environment under /usr/X11R6. > > Do I need to reinstall it but this time in the new environment? > > Is that then under /usr/X11R6? > > How do I tell the make script to point it there, export X11BASE? > > Or should I remove this driver altogether and go with the official ports > one? > > Thanks a lot in advance for all your help. I recommend using the one provided by NVidia, as performance is noticeably better for me. However, there is a port for the nvidia one. Depending on your model of card, use one of the /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-* ports. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com