Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 23:27:45 +1000 From: matti k <mattik@gwsit.com.au> To: Rocky Hotas <rockyhotas@post.com> Cc: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVIDIA: documentation (was: How to determine the correct graphics card driver) Message-ID: <20220722232745.7e32014f@ws1.wobblyboot.net> In-Reply-To: <trinity-28b3752a-e17d-4319-b66f-f5549f5a3544-1658484667002@3c-app-mailcom-lxa07> References: <trinity-acc9b4b9-114e-49f8-97d9-965c395b1542-1657963338728@3c-app-mailcom-lxa09> <CAFwocyPxXqJv0ZrdKBwQz=UjTr=rwWQdAWdKA-1iyBvYuWRiEA@mail.gmail.com> <03667aab-a936-798f-4084-81477889a075@gmail.com> <trinity-28b3752a-e17d-4319-b66f-f5549f5a3544-1658484667002@3c-app-mailcom-lxa07>
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:11:07 +0200 Rocky Hotas <rockyhotas@post.com> wrote: > Sent:=C2=A0Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 1:29 PM > From:=C2=A0"Graham Perrin" <grahamperrin@gmail.com> > 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
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