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Revision as of 18:32, 1 September 2020
To play games or use 3D CAD software you need to install Nvidia driver.
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:
linux-nvidia-libs-440.100 NVidia graphics libraries and programs (Linux version) linux-nvidia-libs-390-390.138 NVidia graphics libraries and programs (Linux version) nvidia-driver-440.100 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering nvidia-driver-390-390.138 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering nvidia-settings-440.100 Display Control Panel for X NVidia driver nvidia-texture-tools-2.0.8.1_18 Texture Tools with support for DirectX 10 texture formats nvidia-xconfig-440.100 Tool to manipulate X configuration files for the NVidia driver nvidia_gpu_prometheus_exporter-g20181028_1 NVIDIA GPU Prometheus exporter
Now choose driver and install it:
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sudo pkg install nvidia-driver-440.100
If you want to install the latest nvidia driver just enter:
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sudo pkg install nvidia-driver
this will install driver version 440.100 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
