Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:00:22 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which nVidea driver to install Message-ID: <h0jjg4$u6c$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <BLU0-SMTP8613F19A51990C194F61A193460@phx.gbl> <h0hkvr$mtl$1@ger.gmane.org> <BLU0-SMTP55B1CCE2B42E2967C5B4D993470@phx.gbl>
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Carmel wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:13:30 -0400
> Michael Powell <nightrecon@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>The nv can easily be installed along with Xorg. The nvidia driver is
>>more complex as it relies on the linuxolator to function, so there is
>>a larger number of dependencies. But when it comes time to change from
>>nv to nvidia it is just a line or two in the xorg.conf.
>
> Thanks for you assistance. BTW, what lines should I modify if I do
> decide to install the nVidia driver at some point? I will install the
> NV driver and get the desktop working.
>
Section "Device"
# Driver "nv"
Driver "nvidia"
Just change "nv" to "nvidia", and perhaps in Section "Module"
Load "glx" if you need to.
Also notice what RW said; I am behind the times wrt to how things have
changed.
-Mike
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