Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:38:07 -0700 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M? Message-ID: <510E926F.7060201@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <510E880D.7090203@dreamchaser.org> References: <201302031033.r13AX0Dx088925@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <510E880D.7090203@dreamchaser.org>
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On 02/03/13 08:53, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 02/03/13 03:33, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >> I'm considering buying this Thinkpad T61p laptop: >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321063105251 >> >> It lists this graphics card: >> >> NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M >> >> I'm not sure what driver, if any, will support it. >> >> There seems to be the official Nvidia FreeBSD driver >> provided for it: >> >> http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_100.14.09.html >> >> but this apparently has to be installed outside of >> the ports tree. >> >> xf86-video-nv drivers list several other Quadro cards, >> but not specifically 570M. >> >> Maybe somebody has used this card, so can give a >> definite reply? > > I can't specifically address that issue, but according to this page: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/compiz-fusion/nvidia-setup.html > recent nvidia cards should be supported by the > x11/nvidia-driver port Ugh, I just tried to build that and it is marked as IGNORE > The nvidia legacy driver page does not list that card, so it may be > supported with the current x11/nvidia-driver port > http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html > > I have a GT-610 and it is also not listed. > I am in the process of upgrading to 9.1 as well, > but am fighting a bad SSD and have to reconfigure. The most recent nvidia port I can find is NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86_64-304.64.tar.gz It builds fine, but on installing it craps out with the following message: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers No such file or directory On 9.0, where I am using the 304.60 version, X11R6 is a pointer to /usr/local. But my install of 9.1 has an actual /usr/X11R6, and that means things are scattered all over, some in /usr/local/lib/xorg and some in /usr/X11R6. This may be a glitch on my end; not sure yet. I had to restart my ports build because I screwed up and didn't do a fetch before building x11/xorg, and that may have created some bad directories. Can anyone verify if /usr/X11R6 under 9.1 is supposed to be a symlink to /usr/local?
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