Failed to load module "nv" ...

[Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:42:19 +0200
"Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish at planet.nl> wrote:

> The other day I upgraded to xorg 7.2 but when I run startx I get the
> following error message:
> 
> --> Failed to load module "nv"
> 
Hi Kiffin.

Change your /etc/X11/xorg.conf archive. the line now is:

        Driver      "nv"

must be:

        Driver      "nvidia"

Hope this help.

Regards.

Jose.

> Rather that using the nvidia driver from the ports I had earlier downloaded
> the official freebsd driver from the nvidia site, but had installed it into
> the old xorg environment under /usr/X11R6.
> 
> Do I need to reinstall it but this time in the new environment?
> 
> Is that then under /usr/X11R6?
> 
> How do I tell the make script to point it there, export X11BASE?
> 
> Or should I remove this driver altogether and go with the official ports
> one?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance for all your help.
> 
> -- 
> Kiffin Rex Gish
> Gouda, The Netherlands
> 

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