Nvidia driver installation

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

Install using ports

Download the kernel source code for i386 or x86_64.

Unpack it in the directory /usr/src.

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

Install using package manager

First you should search for available drivers packages:

pkg search nvidia

you will get something like this:

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: If you are using GRUB boot loader then you must load driver with rc.conf: echo 'kld_list="nvidia"' >> /etc/rc.conf 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

echo 'linux_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

echo 'linux_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

echo 'hint.agp.0.disabled="1"' >> /boot/device.hints

Note: If you are using GRUB boot loader then you must load driver with rc.conf: echo 'kld_list="nvidia"' >> /etc/rc.conf 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