Difference between revisions of "Nvidia driver installation"
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Download the GhostBSD 19.09 kernel source code for [ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/12.0-RELEASE/src.txz i386] or [ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/12.0-RELEASE/src.txz x86_64]. | Download the GhostBSD 19.09 kernel source code for [ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/12.0-RELEASE/src.txz i386] or [ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/12.0-RELEASE/src.txz x86_64]. | ||
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== Install using package manager == | == Install using package manager == | ||
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Also we need to install two additional packages: | Also we need to install two additional packages: | ||
| − | : <code>pkg install nvidia-settings</code> | + | : <code>sudo pkg install nvidia-settings</code> |
| − | : <code>pkg install nvidia-xconfig</code> | + | : <code>sudo pkg install nvidia-xconfig</code> |
== Setting up GhostBSD to use nvidia == | == Setting up GhostBSD to use nvidia == | ||
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#: <code>echo 'kld_list="nvidia"' >> /etc/rc.conf</code> | #: <code>echo 'kld_list="nvidia"' >> /etc/rc.conf</code> | ||
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# For nvidia drivers later than 367.35 this must be loaded in /etc/rc.conf: | # For nvidia drivers later than 367.35 this must be loaded in /etc/rc.conf: | ||
#: <code>echo 'kld_list="nvidia-modeset"' >> /etc/rc.conf</code> | #: <code>echo 'kld_list="nvidia-modeset"' >> /etc/rc.conf</code> | ||
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| + | # The driver must be loaded in loader.conf: | ||
#: <code>echo 'nvidia_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf</code> | #: <code>echo 'nvidia_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf</code> | ||
# For the latest nvivia driver (after 367.35) this must be loaded: | # For the latest nvivia driver (after 367.35) this must be loaded: | ||
Revision as of 18:12, 1 September 2020
To play games or use 3D CAD software you need to install Nvidia driver.
Install using ports
Download the GhostBSD 19.09 kernel source code for i386 or x86_64.
Unpack it in the directory /usr/src.
Install using package manager
First you should search for available drivers packages:
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pkg search nvidia
you will get something like this:
nvidia-driver-390.87_3 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering nvidia-driver-304-304.137_4 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering nvidia-driver-340-340.107_4 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering nvidia-settings-430.14 Display Control Panel for X NVidia driver nvidia-texture-tools-2.0.8.1_13 Texture Tools with support for DirectX 10 texture formats nvidia-xconfig-430.14 Tool to manipulate X configuration files for the NVidia driver nvidia_gpu_prometheus_exporter-g20181028 NVIDIA GPU Prometheus exporter
Now choose driver and install it:
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pkg install nvidia-driver-340-340.107_4
If you want to install the latest nvidia driver just enter:
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pkg install nvidia-driver
this will install driver version 390.87_3 but there is a slightly different step needed to set it up for GhostBSD. See next section below.
Also we need to install two additional packages:
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sudo pkg install nvidia-settings -
sudo pkg install nvidia-xconfig
Setting up GhostBSD to use nvidia
If you use and AGP nvidia card run the next command.
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echo 'hint.agp.0.disabled="1"' >> /boot/device.hints
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Make X configuration file with nvidia-xconfig utility:
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nvidia-xconfig
You can reboot your system now:
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reboot
