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Old 02-18-2014, 01:54 AM   #1
TrickyRickinOK
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I trying PC-BSD 10 how do I install Nvidia Legacy driver?


I'm giving PC-BSD 10 a try and I need the legacy nvidia driver.
I tried installing it and got this.

pkg-output.log
 
Old 02-18-2014, 09:30 AM   #2
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it seems you already have a slightly older version installed.
maybe you have to uninstall it first, but it could easily make thins worse, not better.
why do you think you need nvidia legacy driver?
is there a particular problem that led you to that conclusion?
 
Old 02-18-2014, 02:39 PM   #3
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I ran the 304 in Linux.
When I boot PCBSD I get this.

NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i GPU installed in this system is
NVRM: supported through the NVIDIA 304.xx Legacy drivers. Please
NVRM: visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more
NVRM: information. The 331.38 NVIDIA driver will ignore
NVRM: this GPU. Continuing probe...

I think it is using the VESA driver it won't let me set it to the correct
resolution and it don't recognize that I have 2 Monitors.

I will probably switch back to Linux, and someday when I have time to
work with it I try FreeBSD instead of PC-BSD.
 
Old 02-18-2014, 09:50 PM   #4
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Look in directory /usr/ports/x11 for the proper nvidia driver to use. 304.xx-legacy should be there.

If you haven't installed ports yet, I recommend you read up on how to do so.

When you find the correct driver folder, "cd" into it, and then run "make install distclean".

Here's a direct link to the prebuilt package on the FTP:

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/po...r-304.88_1.tbz

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