Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:08:23 +0000 From: Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: 'FreeBSD' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Need for video driver Message-ID: <BN6PR2001MB1730908BA5F40F9B1EB9BE7080360@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mEn0TU4ZWmXsD5gSSgK2MEfQrMc6eRWREAXHqhe2eWT41w@mail.gmail.com> References: <BN6PR2001MB1730C219D29063E2D05D29B980360@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <CALM2mEn0TU4ZWmXsD5gSSgK2MEfQrMc6eRWREAXHqhe2eWT41w@mail.gmail.com>
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--=-=YUkcrNmNwxlRjZ=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday, December 10, 2017 6:33 AM, blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com>= stated: > On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> wrote: >=20 > > 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=3D0x030000 card=3D0x13023842 chip=3D0x10c= 310de > > rev=3D0xa2 hdr=3D0x00 > > vendor =3D 'NVIDIA Corporation' > > device =3D 'GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3]' > > class =3D display > > subclass =3D VGA > > > > -- > > Carmel > > >=20 > 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? I have access to the server and usually access it directly. I am just not s= ure if the NVIDIA driver does anything outside of an x11 environment. --=20 Carmel --=-=YUkcrNmNwxlRjZ=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCAAdFiEEh3rFs7ZCOM581rwKjsagALPkYOsFAlotI60ACgkQjsagALPk YOtwyQgAkKG9DO4ezOv6Azv/vX0K0Hh8WhzRUO7zMKQ016TSteE/srGOjCFLlfXG m9iN9ZfnVA8SiQGwp2Iu5CNcG/GQNmr3CDYckPEVWOEGN9bXj/XJpq2CjmHF1BOO GgpT14x/3IN8gMn4lJHsIFLQBMT1gha2tSB2cC+YWlCDUgk4FvT1Nq/4ESuZyJva UEfllOUWnVx7kYne0Y81FKmfQseDl70k0EwgmNXUX5sJyqSOJQkphRZfXcs0p9cu 2rJhnzkFynFK7hBapDYoqajyy7EUZ1P5y675YFVNfWqQAquVbGk4cbnwNBt6do9v 5SU3ictEHV59BHn+nDBKuKnRBEICBg== =XBb2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=YUkcrNmNwxlRjZ=-=--
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