Re: Call for testing KDE installer dialogs

HI

   Looking at  the last week  updated   "desktop"    script.

      It  also  needs  :


echo linux_enable=\"YES\" >> /etc/rc.conf

  for  the Nvidia  propietary  driver  to  start  at  the  next reboot.

//Lars



Den 2026-01-23 kl. 16:42, skrev Lars Tunkrans:
>>
>> Thanks for your report.
>> Which NVIDIA GPU do you have?
>> It is helpful to see the output of pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 vga and 
>> fwget -nq | grep gpu
>
>
>  This   was  my  older  test deploy  desktop  with  the PASCAL  
> Nvidia  Quadro P2000
>
> vgapci0@pci0:1:0:0:     class=0x030000 rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10de 
> device=0x1c30 subvendor=0x10de subdevice=0x11b3
>     vendor     = 'NVIDIA Corporation'
>     device     = 'GP106GL [Quadro P2000]'
>     class      = display
>     subclass   = VGA
>
>
>>
>> What NVIDIA driver version did you selected in the in the radiolist 
>> dialog?
>
>         Nvidia  580.95.05    was  pulled  from  the  repos.
>
> /*from  /var/run/dmesg.boot: */  Here  you  see a  clean boot  up    
> of  the  NVIDIA   DRM   function.
>
> Nvidia0: <Quadro P2000> on vgapci0
> vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
> vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
> nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX 
> platforms  580.95.05  Tue Sep 23 09:31:22 UTC 2025
> [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
> sysctl_add_oid: can't re-use a leaf (hw.dri.debug)!
> [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20160202 for nvidia0 on minor 0
>
>
>
>>
>> Obviously, I will add these configurations to the script.
>> I just need to figure out which GPUs and drivers require them.
>
>
>     All  Versions   of the   Proprietary NVIDIA  Driver  needs the   " 
> LINUX"  " LINUX64"   kernel drivers.  to  RUN.
>    Linux.ko  is NOT  nedded  to  install  the  Driver Packages  , but 
> IS  needed  to execute .
>
> */  to be  added    to  /boot/loader.conf /*
>
> hw.nvidiadrm.modeset=1
>
> /*  to be  added  to  /etc/rc.conf */
>
>   linux_enable="YES"
>
>  dbus_enable="YES"
>
>  kld_list="nvidia-drm"
>
>  ALSO:
>
>
>                  Script  did not install  emulators/linux-base-rl9     
> package
>                  Script  did  not   enter  the   linsysfs   and the   
> linprocfs   in  /etc/fstab.
>                   Script  did not  install  Nvidia  packages: 
> x11/nvidia-xconfig , x11/nvidia-settings  x11/linux-nvidia-libs , 
> graphics/nvidia-texture-tools
>
>              After  adding  all  of the  above  I  had  a  fully 
> functioning   KDE/NVIDIA/Xorg    setup   and  astro/google-Earth was 
> using   the  GPU using linux-nvidia-libs.
>              the  astro/Google-Earth     package  is  a  good  test  
>  that  the  system  is  using  the  GPU  as  intended.
>              If  I  have  Fumbled   the  setup  and not installed 
>  the   LINUX  parts properly,    the  Google-Earth  app  really 
> struggles   and  the  FANS  in  the  machine
>               revs up  to  top speed as the  CPU  max out. With  linux 
> emulation  installed and  the linux nvidia_libraries installed  the  
> GPU  does  the  work.
>
>         //Lars
>
> -------------------------
> Lars Tunkrans
> Oracle SPARC/Solaris System Administrator
> Fujitsu M12 SPARC Specilaist

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Lars Tunkrans
Oracle SPARC/Solaris System Administrator
Fujitsu M12 SPARC Specilaist