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mururoa
08-10-2009, 08:59 AM
Hi there,
During installation I had no nVidia proprietary driver option available, just nv driver.
I cant find the 'normal' PC-BSD driver usage, where is it ?
I mean I'm a FreeBSD user and I can install the nVidia driver by myself but I want to know what is the standard PC-BSD way to do it (manual install, configure options, runports install, ...). I can remember I saw the package was installed during the installation process so why only the nv driver was shown at installation ?
My GFX is a 9600 GT.

pheet
08-10-2009, 11:59 AM
Have you installed the 32 or 64 bit version?

IIRC, the propietry nvidia driver is 32 bit only.

If you running the 32 bit version, re-run the displaywizard by selecting the option (6 I think) from the boot menu. The nvidia driver should be there in the dropdown, might have to scroll a bit.

HTH,
Pheet