From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Dec 10 11:32:44 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251EBE89A67 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 11:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x22a.google.com (mail-it0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD3526D77E for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 11:32:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id m11so9128243iti.1 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 03:32:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=PkZ8W1WSNcoaQn0lm3RWW6mX15HBiGkTikpJctvugOU=; b=F0AxIm4Ym7seGPBWGWDAMTkifS5Y+YSmNSwJa/+6jvZUXN80+TdGRzE4FcQreFiYbx v75stSX2oyrif2eAiOPYRErsQlsYrqAle83ZLZ+mS6HDFTB2/wUvvPDepqGVX2nsYoy/ l1BE5niVpN9eSJllqPMmnDruOK6tisRIUPqxWa9y2dcLpH++Ndg1QKRT6HlrsyG2L7wE 8oMwJF5C1mjVVqYPL/uiiHwEG2kIAL1CiYhKWTFEODxlJaHvf9b5TVk9n/iI+E6J9icL +Nc+qwN/bpxv5FIom7mZb9xlJaKjrpbXfW7UOGDbTL9ToDduLEnfUoQ4q6AE+5o9l8BY ql7A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=PkZ8W1WSNcoaQn0lm3RWW6mX15HBiGkTikpJctvugOU=; b=eUd+dv4gZP07VXB3u74yJOscFLQtLsT9NJosrVfz1FiT2G/NbbqUX0xG5Qf3AhbvpK 0TGyExMPvY1YvP4iEwfiVlF/Leu3opHA5PbbQmRHVFhgpUG94avz1xB0RteJnOADbuIP +IuJTO/2A1H7mPF6XN5WU3SlhZSZx2eMoJl8Vhs1aAyhFC2ga03FFESTpw81VaJ8USEM AIPIeee0zkGZFGrqcA/kJs1z9o4a7jI4zsazKAGPqbLsSUaTcGXj1B4tudJtncfYI1ta ZZ2fdEnzkpYOT9lj5FjyVP7EQz052wczRfrp1v5pSEoeh31ms2fhzz04JCaxva4iM8OF SH5A== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mI7emoSFvwTN16GfRWIniekNthNc8+YVWGBmpMtmj9b1MGcVJNF UtujaraWjOPCo+6D32zvQUfD2OnrWqtKR0nqyEY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZzgBH7tCuZsasCnaizCVU2aQIyzfHZEUPh85Mq+snBIEybYQQv6+ggaBDDsRpYYU5D4ElzFXRsiNKBv5XYgtM= X-Received: by 10.36.221.147 with SMTP id t141mr13011539itf.140.1512905562951; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 03:32:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.11.31 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Dec 2017 03:32:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: blubee blubeeme Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:32:42 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Need for video driver To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 11:32:44 -0000 On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Carmel NY wrote: > I have an older system that has an NVIDIA video card. The system is mainly > used for storage and > as a mail server. Is there any advantage to installing the > "x11/nvidia-driver" port? > > vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x13023842 chip=0x10c310de > rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' > device = 'GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3]' > class = display > subclass = VGA > > -- > Carmel > If you're only going to be using the console, I wouldn't see the need to install graphics drivers. Will you be using anything other than ssh to manage that server?