nvidia on am64

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On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:56:08 -0600 (CST)
"P. Takis Skagos" <skagos at takisnet.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> I am trying to get nvidia drivers for my am64 6.2 installation.
> The /usr/ports stuff indicates that there should be an nvidia-drivers
> port / package, but the system just fails when I try to install
> that.  I found a source package on the nvidia website for FreeBSD
> drivers, but they don't want to compile on my box.
> 
> I was really hoping that there would be binary drivers I could just
> pkg_add.  Am I out to lunch?  It should be that easy ...
> 
> Could someone point me to a binary nvidia driver distribution for
> FreeBSD 6.2 am64?

Either use the open source nv driver, or install the i386 version of
FreeBSD.  i386 is generally less trouble for Desktops anyway.