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FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[post.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gwsit.com.au:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; HAS_X_ANTIABUSE(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:11:07 +0200 Rocky Hotas wrote: > Sent:=C2=A0Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 1:29 PM > From:=C2=A0"Graham Perrin" > To:=C2=A0questions@freebsd.org > Subject:=C2=A0NVIDIA: documentation (was: How to determine the correct > graphics card driver) >=20 > > Also, FreeBSD bug 258264 =E2=80=93 Following handbook on nvidia drivers > > makes system get stuck on > > boot.[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D258264] >=20 > Thank you for mentioning this very recent bug. It is useful. >=20 > It's difficult to follow the whole discussion in the comments, but > this seems relevant: >=20 > ``The handbook nvidia section is of no use, as it is completely out > of date and no help at all for FreeBSD newcomers. It even still > mentions driver-304, which has been defunct since 2017 due Xorg > ABI changes''. >=20 > `nvidia-driver-304' is exactly the one I installed. So, maybe I > can not expect it to work. >=20 > I would have tried nouveau, but apparently it is not in the > repository. Maybe `nv' (which is present) could be useful? I do > not need 3D acceleration. >=20 > Rocky >=20 >=20 Hi All Just did an upgrade of an old laptop with old nvidia driver There was a slight bump doing it via ssh but otherwise all went well pkg-static[2415]: nvidia-driver-340 reinstalled: 340.108_3 -> 340.108_3 This is the oldest laptop I have and it is working well, good luck getting this to work on any recent Linux kernels! Cheers