Still cant update nvidia driver.

[Ben Woods]

Try a "pkg search nvidia" to find what nvidia packages are available. The
one you need to remove might simply be called "nvidia-driver".

However, if you just do a "pkg install nvidia-driver-304" it should
automatically remove any conflicting packages.

Lastly, you could try posting on the PCBSD specific forums or mailing
lists, as they will have a better understanding of any differences there
are between how this works on FreeBSD and PCBSD.
http://www.pcbsd.org/en/join-us-on-pcbsd.html
http://forums.pcbsd.org/
http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Regards,
Ben

On Sunday, March 1, 2015, Dutch Ingraham <stoa at gmx.us> wrote:

> On 02/28/15 18:09, reg at dwf.com <javascript:;> wrote:
> >
> > I hate to keep bothering this list with what seems to be a simple
> > problem, but Im new to pc-bsd, and what I read, and the suggestions
> > Im getting just don't work. I need some help.
> >
> > I need to replace the nvidia-driver-340 with nvidia-driver-304 to
> > support my nvidia 6200 video card.
> >
> > I have been pointed a the port, I can get into single user mode and
> > mount all the file systems.  But the simple 'make install' in the 304
> > directory does not work, claiming it cant overwrite one of the 340
> > files.  'make deinstall' of the 340 package was also suggested but
> > it appears its not a port.  'pkg remove nvidia-driver-340' was also
> > suggested, it dies with a 'Package(s) not found'.  A simple renaming
> > of the file that needs to be overwritten doesn't work either, seems
> > that 'port install' must be working from some list of files that
> > it has squirreled away, as it still complains.
> >
> > Now at least one user says he did this, so it must be possible,
> > can someone please give me a method that really works?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> I haven't used pcbsd for a while, but if I recall correctly, the system
> should detect your nvidia hardware automatically.  You likely need to
> have installed pcbsd's own driver package with <pkg install
> pcbsd-meta-nvidia>.  Have you searched through the handbook for "nvidia"
> and followed that guidance?
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