Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 16:11:38 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, mexas@bristol.ac.uk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302031610570.6729@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <510ECD7F.6010709@dreamchaser.org> References: <201302031033.r13AX0Dx088925@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <510E880D.7090203@dreamchaser.org> <510E926F.7060201@dreamchaser.org> <20130203180215.3aca2c57.freebsd@edvax.de> <510EA486.7000908@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302031127390.6092@wonkity.com> <20130203193225.c71f06ae.freebsd@edvax.de> <510EB1F2.7090104@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1302031334200.6729@wonkity.com> <510ECD7F.6010709@dreamchaser.org>
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On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: > > For the OP, I (just now) got the nvidia driver and x to compile and run > under 9.1 as follows: > > 1. make and install the x11/xorg port > 2. create the symlink /usr/X11R6 to point to /usr/local > if /usr/X11R6 already exists as a regular directory and has stuff in it, > move it aside or delete it. I found mine only had stuff from previous > attempts to build the nvidia driver in it (a "bin" plain file(!), and a > "lib" containing files from the nvidia driver build), so I deleted it. > 3. download and unpack the nvidia driver; > I used > NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86_64-304.64.tar.gz > but note that that file is specific to my architecture, which is amd64; > you'll need the appropriate one for your architecture. > 4. make the nvidia driver > 5. make sure step #4 added the line > nvidia_load="YES" > to /boot/loader.conf > 6. add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf if not already present > # Enable hald and dbus for X to work with kbd and mouse > hald_enable="YES" > dbus_enable="YES" Why not just use the port?
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