Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 09:52:51 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Nvidia on FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAGBxaXk0%2BKm44uS_ib4V=TGQLgCJvXkkw1Tr6-bsMjDnuxhP4Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f9c552168fc16a0aa1c68abd9b0c80f0.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <mailman.92.1597492801.32734.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <f9c552168fc16a0aa1c68abd9b0c80f0.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 9:45 AM James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions < freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > The Nvidia card reports itself as a GTK-730 which, according to Wikipedia, > appares to be a 2006 vintage card. Before getting into configuration > settings > I need to be sure that I have the correct drivers installed. > There is no such thing as a gtk-730 so I will assume you mean a gt730 (no "k"). What version of the nvidia-driver pkg is required for this card? > 440,390.340, > or 304? > Likely 390 (440 has dropped support for some cards in the 500-700 model range I am not sure what 304 supports but I am sure 390 does support since my 710 works fine with it). > > Which drm module pkg is required: drm-fbsd12.0-kmod, drm-legacy-kmod, or > drm-kmod? > *DO NOT* mix drm and nvidia-driver... no drm version supports nvidia directly with all capabilities.. so do not install any of them. -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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