Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:37:12 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Dave Babb <dcbdbis@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SOLVED WITH QUESTIONS Re: Latest NVidia Driver Issue Message-ID: <CAHu1Y73YzoMYpsrQPT%2Br=Mrce7DWV2Y0-oTk4Se8EBHzTbmMjQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <543AD258.5000307@comcast.net> References: <5439F046.60204@comcast.net> <543ABF08.10701@comcast.net> <CAHu1Y7127RBEP9vGO3Paxp4k2O-04xU58nsZytNa4zmt5ooCQQ@mail.gmail.com> <543AD258.5000307@comcast.net>
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On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Dave Babb <dcbdbis@comcast.net> wrote: > I do appreciate the reply. Thank You! > > I have a question...This option is already unremmed in the > /boot/defaults/loader.conf...... > Should I understand that if a "/boot/loader.conf" file exists......that > the "/boot/defaults/loader.conf" file is ignored? No. It contains defaults, and you should never modify this file. Overrides (and additions) go in /boot/loader.conf > I would appreciate the clarification in how "loader" works. Sometimes you need to do a sysctl -a and see what tunables are available. Some can be changed in a running system, and some are boot-only. The former should go in /etc/sysctl.conf, and the latter must go in /boot/loader.conf in order to be meaningful. man loader.conf - M
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