Nvidia driver installation

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.

Install using ports

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(ex. nvidia-drivers-304):

# cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-drivers-304

Compile it

# make config
# make install clean

Using this commands add needed lines to corresponding files(pay attention at Note!):

# echo 'linux_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
# echo 'linux_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
# echo 'hint.agp.0.disabled="1"' >> /boot/device.hints

Note:

1. If you are using GRUB boot loader then you must load driver with rc.conf :

    # echo 'kld_list="nvidia"' >> /etc/rc.conf

2. If you are using BSD loader you may use loader.conf

   # echo 'nvidia_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

Install nvidia-xconfig utility and create xorg.conf file with it

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

You can reboot your system now:

#reboot

Install using package manager

First you should search for available drivers packages:

# pkg search nvidia

you will get something like this:

# pkg search nvidia
nvidia-driver-346.47
nvidia-driver-304-304.125
nvidia-driver-340-340.76
nvidia-settings-340.24_1
nvidia-texture-tools-2.0.8.1_7
nvidia-xconfig-310.14

Now choose driver and install it:

pkg install nvidia-driver-304-304.125

Also we need to install two additional packages:

pkg install nvidia-settings-340.24_1
pkg install nvidia-xconfig-310.14

Using this commands add needed lines to corresponding files(pay attention at Note!):

# echo 'linux_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
# echo 'linux_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
# echo 'hint.agp.0.disabled="1"' >> /boot/device.hints

Note:

1. If you are using GRUB boot loader then you must load driver with rc.conf :

    # echo 'kld_list="nvidia"' >> /etc/rc.conf

2. If you are using BSD loader you may use loader.conf

   # echo 'nvidia_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

Make X configuration file with nvidia-xconfig utility:

# nvidia-xconfig

You can reboot your system now:

#reboot