From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 12 20:37:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79C66366 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-f43.google.com (mail-oi0-f43.google.com [209.85.218.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4519061B for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:37:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi0-f43.google.com with SMTP id u20so11278685oif.2 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:37:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=eIX+/Au/EteqiaW5k6em+u2oD+dmYoQqxB9FFjA34qQ=; b=gSmBoz6GxiqwYBaup8yZ6qOBMgfyGgIucfB9QSZn2MJySYMh54Ft7PsKLIlCshAeNB t54ydp0QsJSRM0iqowe9Sjt8BDP2FcoczKmxW65mvRgysmKKOJio9AgGjRm4mougMuk9 9NgMpT/qtsKo4gKNah6vAVxej5JgFTBnBs+HiG21VhRBdO9GEWea9vys53yPisUi9MMF 0cmONebgcUiaZJl6G/007seVOMiQEb6M77QRAWNSjddkJjOzbSak+gya20nq4jFwgjxS f7JDUzxu+oTlzU4iFl+SjaF2VMGdc8iP7GfRd1WkUeZwPAQDx/MZbKkJ2bW8H6PV9MLH +7cA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm3stFH/XgWU4vtfMJ2Cv5UbDxwIJVVF8WpGDDC1MMeCr57A37YhRvpGxqvllRZYCeR0+t4 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.104.32 with SMTP id d32mr16655023oic.45.1413146232120; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:37:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.220.134 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:37:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <543AD258.5000307@comcast.net> References: <5439F046.60204@comcast.net> <543ABF08.10701@comcast.net> <543AD258.5000307@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:37:12 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: SOLVED WITH QUESTIONS Re: Latest NVidia Driver Issue From: Michael Sierchio To: Dave Babb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:37:19 -0000 On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Dave Babb 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