FreeBSD Port: nvidia-driver-1.0.6113_2

[alex bustamante]

> Hi,
> I have an issue with the latest Nvidia driver that I installed from the
> ports. The driver is version 1.0-6113 and the FreeBSD version that I'm
> running is 5.3 RELEASE. The full description of my problem is here:
>
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=c8176cbe4d84678640463757cd3d339e&t=41496
>
> Is there a workaround to get Nvidia's 1.0-6113  driver to work with
> FreeBSD's 5.3 ?
>
> Regards,
> Raul Assis

Hi,

I installed the 1.0-6113 driver on 5.3 from ports. Commented out the "dri"
option, and replaced "nv" to "nvidia". When i start X i only have 256
colors, and text in gnome-term gets garbled. Very strange. Decided to use
the "nv" driver instead.

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alex bustamante - busta at 33rpm.biz