Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:49:22 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish@planet.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failed to load module "nv" ... Message-ID: <20070612154922.986aa002.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c7ad29$caa20a70$6601a8c0@KGISH> References: <000001c7ad29$caa20a70$6601a8c0@KGISH>
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In response to "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish@planet.nl>: > The other day I upgraded to xorg 7.2 but when I run startx I get the > following error message: > > --> Failed to load module "nv" > > Rather that using the nvidia driver from the ports I had earlier downloaded > the official freebsd driver from the nvidia site, but had installed it into > the old xorg environment under /usr/X11R6. > > Do I need to reinstall it but this time in the new environment? > > Is that then under /usr/X11R6? > > How do I tell the make script to point it there, export X11BASE? > > Or should I remove this driver altogether and go with the official ports > one? > > Thanks a lot in advance for all your help. I recommend using the one provided by NVidia, as performance is noticeably better for me. However, there is a port for the nvidia one. Depending on your model of card, use one of the /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-* ports. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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