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