Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:46:49 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvidia on am64 Message-ID: <20070601134649.29f70e46@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20070601005236.Q54425@pegasus.takisnet.org> References: <20070601005236.Q54425@pegasus.takisnet.org>
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On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:56:08 -0600 (CST) "P. Takis Skagos" <skagos@takisnet.org> wrote: > > > I am trying to get nvidia drivers for my am64 6.2 installation. > The /usr/ports stuff indicates that there should be an nvidia-drivers > port / package, but the system just fails when I try to install > that. I found a source package on the nvidia website for FreeBSD > drivers, but they don't want to compile on my box. > > I was really hoping that there would be binary drivers I could just > pkg_add. Am I out to lunch? It should be that easy ... > > Could someone point me to a binary nvidia driver distribution for > FreeBSD 6.2 am64? Either use the open source nv driver, or install the i386 version of FreeBSD. i386 is generally less trouble for Desktops anyway.
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