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usleepless@gmail.com writes:

>  > >  as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved
>  > >  drivers for FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid )
>  >
>  >         And see this from the Makefile:
>  >
>  > # Starting with version 1.0-7667, NVidia has dropped support for
>  > # numerous "legacy" GPUs.  Consult NVidia README (the Appendix) to
>  > # find out whether you need to use legacy driver version and install
>  > # one of corresponding `x11/nvidia-driver-71',
>  > # `x11/nvidia-driver-96', or `x11/nvidia-driver-173' slave ports.
>  >
>  >
>  are you trying to be right afterall?

	Someone's confused.  If it's me, that needs to get fixed.


				Robert Huff