How to install Nvidia drivers

Welcome to How to install Nvidia drivers.

Introduction

On this page we collect some tips from the community.

Suggestions

Frostygoth

on Telegram on 24.01.2020 at 21:18

sudo pkg install nvidia-driver-440.31

will install the latest nvidia driver from pkg

But how to apply it

on Telegram on 24.01.2020 at 21:24 -51

kldload_nvidia="nvidia-modeset nvidia

set in

/etc/rc.conf
file;

Also set the line

Driver "nvidia
in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

You need to install the driver with

pkg install nvidia-driverXXXXX.

Then once it's installed you want to make sure that you load the driver at boot by making sure that the

line

kldload_nvidia="nvidia-modeset nvidia

is present in your

/etc/rc.conf file.

You may need to add this line to

/etc/rc.conf.

You also need to make sure that your

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

file has the Driver identified as "nvidia", which may require you to replace 'nv' with 'nvidia'.

kldload_nvidia="nvidia-modeset nvidia" —> /etc/rc.conf

Driver "nvidia" —> /etc/X11/xorg.conf

kldload | grep nvidia

That'll tell you if the drivers are loaded at least

But as long as you've got the

kldload_nvidia="nvidia-modeset nvidia

line in your /etc/rc.conf then they'll load automatically after a reboot.

Attantion The entire folder of /etc/X11 on GhostBSD is empty. It might be, that this suggestion is not help. Or it has to get installed from the ports. See Additional Information.

Lilly Elijah Victoria Evans

on Telegram on 24.01.2020 at 21:48 and confirmation from Neville Goddard 25.01.2020 00:11

But how to apply it

sudo nvidia-xconfig

And then reboot.

Neville Goddard

on Telegram on 16.02.2020 at 04:10

Run nvidia-xconfig then reboot

John R

on Telegram on 16.02.2020 at 04:16

First install required packages:

pkg install nvidia-xconfig

pkg install nvidia-settings

Then run as root

nvidia-xconfig

Then reboot.

This will create the needed file.

You shouldn't need to edit this.

Additional Information

NVIDIA FreeBSD Graphics Driver Archive: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/freebsd-archive/

FreeBSD Display Driver – x64 https://www.nvidia.de/Download/driverResults.aspx/142666/de

Setting up the FreeBSD nVidia driver: docs:

• The latest versions of nVidia cards are supported by the x11/nvidia-driver port.
• nVidia cards like the GeForce 2MX/3/4 series are supported by the 96XX series of drivers, available in the x11/nvidia-driver-96xx port.
• Even older cards, like GeForce and RIVA TNT are supported by the 71XX series of drivers, available in the x11/nvidia-driver-71xx port.

Installing the nVidia driver For example, to install the latest driver:

# cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver
# make install clean

Discussions on the GhostBSD Forum

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• Nvidia problem [SOLVED]

• nVidia drivers on 10.3 [SOLVED]

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• Nvidia driver install best version.

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