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FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[post.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N Sent:=C2=A0Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 1:29 PM From:=C2=A0"Graham Perrin" To:=C2=A0questions@freebsd=2Eorg Subject:=C2=A0NVIDIA: documentation (was: How to determine the correct gra= phics card driver) > Also, FreeBSD bug 258264 =E2=80=93 Following handbook on nvidia drivers = makes > system get stuck on boot=2E[https://bugs=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/bugzilla/show_b= ug=2Ecgi?id=3D258264] Thank you for mentioning this very recent bug=2E It is useful=2E It's difficult to follow the whole discussion in the comments, but this seems relevant: ``The handbook nvidia section is of no use, as it is completely out of date and no help at all for FreeBSD newcomers=2E It even still mentions driver-304, which has been defunct since 2017 due Xorg ABI changes''=2E `nvidia-driver-304' is exactly the one I installed=2E So, maybe I can not expect it to work=2E I would have tried nouveau, but apparently it is not in the repository=2E Maybe `nv' (which is present) could be useful? I do not need 3D acceleration=2E Rocky