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Date:      Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:02:24 -0500
From:      Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: EVGA e-Geforce 7300GT
Message-ID:  <20061214190224.GD31981@sentinelchicken.net>
In-Reply-To: <20061214114153.68702c67@vixen42>
References:  <458177D2.1040901@cupid.com> <20061214114153.68702c67@vixen42>

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On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 11:41:53AM -0600, Vulpes Velox wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:12:02 -0500
> Dan Sikorsky <dan@cupid.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hey, Im planning on installing this card tonite
> > 
> > freebsd 6.1 i386
> > 
> > Im using a crappy radeon x300se right now, which has the Radeon
> > choice in xorgconfig, however theres no geforce choice.
> > Now, I've read that nvidia is the way to go for freebsd as they
> > have Drivers!
> > 
> > so how do I go about this, I can pkg_add these drivers? and then
> > how do I tune X
> > to use them
> 
> Pkg_add should be perfectly fine. Do a man on X and look at the
> -configure option. From there you can easily tweak that file to your
> liking.

The nvidia driver for FreeBSD comes with good documentation that's
fairly clear and concise. After adding the package, take a few minutes
to read through the referred-to docs. You should be up and running in
no time.

Cheers,

Jason



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