Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:00:43 -0500 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Patrick Mahan <plmahan@gmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports nvidia driver vs NVIDIA provided driver Message-ID: <CAGBxaXkpxKu6oDVz4wof2tOHXGZ=qONX5=KY0CXs24=6DstCVQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFDHx1LGQU4Xpte5H3iBo2xj5yFraf8q-uC_qNkNV%2B=%2B=TPwJw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFDHx1LGQU4Xpte5H3iBo2xj5yFraf8q-uC_qNkNV%2B=%2B=TPwJw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2019 at 5:51 PM Patrick Mahan <plmahan@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an older GeForce GTS 450. For years after every OS upgrade I have > unpacked the latest tar file from NVIDIA that contains the driver > supporting my graphics card, built and installed and keep on going. > My GeForce GTS 750 works fine with the latest x11/nvidia-driver and it compiles with no issue at all on 12.1. If your not used to the newer driver you might want to read up on how to load it (you want to load modeset not the the raw driver for example).
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