From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 28 23:39:25 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D477E89 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.com (mout.gmx.com [74.208.4.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27F7A9BA for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from puffyzz.attlocal.net ([172.15.184.248]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmxus002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M4nHf-1XaIMF1BqX-00yyBH for ; Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:39:18 +0100 Message-ID: <54F251A4.2050207@gmx.us> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:39:16 -0500 From: Dutch Ingraham User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; OpenBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Still cant update nvidia driver. References: <201502282309.t1SN9Fov030164@deneb.dwf.com> In-Reply-To: <201502282309.t1SN9Fov030164@deneb.dwf.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:eSw+W+sw8A9bWz9c9QPJGSfeaibmRIbiO4zHX7W/a8n0NlqQDC4 uZX6ID0x/1wKbRHYTvoxr3t22ksLzDwXJ78lXxdQDF+i0ld9q2ezk7gw9FjYg4wdp96cSqk JUUnxsV0jKdsE/wsp7JiuZ49Kj+WafrNConvJXEnHHNGOxrLY0gVFhgDxnhiiTiz72fuF0L xh55tCewfZsKCItFnJJHw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; 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: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:39:25 -0000 On 02/28/15 18:09, reg@dwf.com wrote: > > I hate to keep bothering this list with what seems to be a simple > problem, but Im new to pc-bsd, and what I read, and the suggestions > Im getting just don't work. I need some help. > > I need to replace the nvidia-driver-340 with nvidia-driver-304 to > support my nvidia 6200 video card. > > I have been pointed a the port, I can get into single user mode and > mount all the file systems. But the simple 'make install' in the 304 > directory does not work, claiming it cant overwrite one of the 340 > files. 'make deinstall' of the 340 package was also suggested but > it appears its not a port. 'pkg remove nvidia-driver-340' was also > suggested, it dies with a 'Package(s) not found'. A simple renaming > of the file that needs to be overwritten doesn't work either, seems > that 'port install' must be working from some list of files that > it has squirreled away, as it still complains. > > Now at least one user says he did this, so it must be possible, > can someone please give me a method that really works? > > Thanks > I haven't used pcbsd for a while, but if I recall correctly, the system should detect your nvidia hardware automatically. You likely need to have installed pcbsd's own driver package with . Have you searched through the handbook for "nvidia" and followed that guidance?