Revision as of 13:43, 17 September 2015

Howto: install Nvidia driver on GhostBSD 10.1

To have an ability to play games or use 3D CAD software you need to install Nvidia driver.

1. Download kernel source code: i386 here x86_64 here
2. Unpack it in /usr/src directory
3. Update you ports tree: # portsnap fetch update
4. Get inside needed driver: # cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-drivers-304
5. Compile it # make config && make install clean
6. Using this commands add needed lines to corresponding files:
   1. # echo 'linux_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
   2. # echo 'kld_list="nvidia"' >> /etc/rc.conf (!) this line is important
   3. # echo 'linux_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
   4. # echo 'hint.agp.0.disabled="1"' >> /boot/device.hints
7. Install nvidia-xconfig utility and create xorg.conf file with it
   1. # cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-xconfig
   2. # make install clean
   3. # nvidia-xconfig
8. #reboot