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Date:      Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:29:53 +0100
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   NVIDIA: documentation (was: How to determine the correct graphics card driver)
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On 16/07/2022 11:47, Sergio Carlavilla wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 11:22, Rocky Hotas <rockyhotas@post.com> wrote:
>
>     …
>
>     `pciconf -lv' shows:
>
>     vgapci0@pci0:0:16:0:    class=0x030000 rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10de
>     device=0x07e1 subvendor=0x1734 subdevice=0x115b
>         vendor     = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>         device     = 'C73 [GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i]'
>         class      = display
>         subclass   = VGA
>
>     So I guessed that it's an NVIDIA card. According to the link in
>     Section
>     2.1 of
>
>      <https://docs.freebsd.org/doc/7.3-RELEASE/usr/share/doc/en/articles/compiz-fusion/nvidia-setup.html>;
>
>     …
>
>
> The documentation link it’s from an old version,
> The current is:
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/
Also, FreeBSD bug 258264 – Following handbook on nvidia drivers makes 
system get stuck on boot. 
<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=258264>;
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/07/2022 11:47, Sergio Carlavilla
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
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cite="mid:CAFwocyPxXqJv0ZrdKBwQz=UjTr=rwWQdAWdKA-1iyBvYuWRiEA@mail.gmail.com">
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      <div>On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 11:22, Rocky Hotas &lt;<a
          href="mailto:rockyhotas@post.com" moz-do-not-send="true"
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rockyhotas@post.com</a>&gt;
        wrote:<br>
        <br>
      </div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">…<br>
            <br>
            `pciconf -lv' shows:<br>
            <br>
            vgapci0@pci0:0:16:0:    class=0x030000 rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
            vendor=0x10de<br>
            device=0x07e1 subvendor=0x1734 subdevice=0x115b<br>
                vendor     = 'NVIDIA Corporation'<br>
                device     = 'C73 [GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i]'<br>
                class      = display<br>
                subclass   = VGA<br>
            <br>
            So I guessed that it's an NVIDIA card. According to the link
            in Section<br>
            2.1 of<br>
            <br>
             &lt;<a
href="https://docs.freebsd.org/doc/7.3-RELEASE/usr/share/doc/en/articles/compiz-fusion/nvidia-setup.html"
              rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.freebsd.org/doc/7.3-RELEASE/usr/share/doc/en/articles/compiz-fusion/nvidia-setup.html</a>&gt;<br>;
            <br>
            …<br>
          </blockquote>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div dir="auto"><br>
        The documentation link it’s from an old version,</div>
      <div dir="auto">The current is: 
        <div dir="auto"><a href="https://docs.freebsd.org/en/"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.freebsd.org/en/</a><br>;
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    Also, FreeBSD bug <a
      href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=258264">258264
      – Following handbook on nvidia drivers makes system get stuck on
      boot.</a>
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