Nvidia Drivers

[Remko Lodder]

Mateusz Rajca wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have Nvidia Ge Force 4 MX 440. How should I install drivers for Nvidia Ge Force on 
> FreeBSD 5.1 because FreeBSD won't work untill I install them?

Hello,

I have the same card, you can find drivers for it in the 
/usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver directory.

Note that i had to copy the nvidia.ko file from that directory to 
/boot/kernel myself. Perhaps i did something wrong, but when copied 
manually and added to /boot/loader.conf

(nvidia_load="YES") it works like a sunshine.

Oh and could you do a little favor for me in return, wrap your lines at 
80 chars or something. Thanks

Cheers


p.s little sidenote, FreeBSD works fine without the drivers, even VESA 
mode under X works. But when working dualscreen and for getting it all 
out of your card, it's better to  use the driver.

>  
> Thanks
>  
> Zdzislaws
> 


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Remko Lodder
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