Failed to load module "nv" ...

[Bill Moran]

In response to "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin.gish at planet.nl>:

> The other day I upgraded to xorg 7.2 but when I run startx I get the
> following error message:
> 
> --> Failed to load module "nv"
> 
> Rather that using the nvidia driver from the ports I had earlier downloaded
> the official freebsd driver from the nvidia site, but had installed it into
> the old xorg environment under /usr/X11R6.
> 
> Do I need to reinstall it but this time in the new environment?
> 
> Is that then under /usr/X11R6?
> 
> How do I tell the make script to point it there, export X11BASE?
> 
> Or should I remove this driver altogether and go with the official ports
> one?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance for all your help.

I recommend using the one provided by NVidia, as performance is noticeably
better for me.  However, there is a port for the nvidia one.  Depending on
your model of card, use one of the /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-* ports.

-- 
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com