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nVidia Driver on FreeBSD 8.1 x64?
Hi there.
I'd like to install the graphics driver for my nVidia GTS450 on my FreeBSD-machine. As far as I know, the driver can be installed using the ports, but I always get an error I can't recall at the moment. I'll write it down later. Then, I downloaded the proprietary driver from nvidia.com, extracted the archive, chmodded it and tried to execute it: Permission denied. But I'm logged on as root, how can that be possible? Thanks for your help, Kasumi |
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I will.
I downloaded the proprietary nVidia driver from nvidia.com. deneb# make install clean ===> Installink for nvidia-driver-195-36-15 ===> nvidia-driver depends on file: /compat/linux/etc/fedora-release - not found ===> Verifying install for /compat/linux/etc/fedora-release in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10 ===> linux_base-f10-10_2 linuxulator is not (kld)loaded *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver. deneb# I hope this information helps you. Thanks! |
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You probably just need to load the Linux kernel module. Which is as simple as typing:
# kldload linux This change is lost when you reboot. To make this change permanent across boots, add "linux_enabled=yes" (without quotes) to your /etc/rc.conf You don't *need* this by the way, you can also turn Linux support in the nVidia driver with # make config .This does mean you lose Linux support (For example for games such as Unreal Tournament, Quake 3, Jagged Allience, etc.)
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Well, I did
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# kldload linux I do want to play a lot, so I don't want to drop linux support... EDIT: I thought, maybe the driver IS installed, maybe the default resolution is not set; I tried Code:
Xorg -configure gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.somewhat seconds gdm-binary[1145]: WARNING: GdmLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errors Last edited by kasumi; 3rd March 2011 at 09:44 PM. |
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Make sure the nvidia driver is loaded, as with the linux module you can load it with kldload(8):
# kldload nvidia To load the module at boot, add nvidia_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf (Create file if it doesn't exist). Then make sure you're using the nvidia driver and not the nv driver. You can change this in your xorg.conf(5) If that doesn't work, post your xorg log file. It's located at /var/log/Xorg.0.log Please post this between [code] [/code] tags.
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