The answer was to install nvidia-driver (which installed nvidia-driver-400, which did not work with my graphics card), nvidia-confit, and nvdia-settings.

Reboot, and pkg delete nvidia-driver-440.

Reboot, and pkg install nvidia-driver-340, and add “nvidia” to the kldlist in /etc/rc.conf

I have an old NVIDIA card, and I need nvidia-driver-340 for that card. It looks like nvidia-config and nvidia-settings both require nvidia-driver-440. Is there a way to install nvidia-xconfig and nvidia-settings with nvidia-driver-340? I am also not sure how I am supposed to get the nvidia driver to...

I finally figured out - from a search here - that I needed to delete a conf file. I installed the driver, and then got machine that would only boot into single user mode. I need to use the machine for something this week, so I just threw Ubuntu on there.

It looks like the problem might have been 2 different bad USB sticks - I used another one, and I got the OS installed. Right now, I am trying to get the Nvidia driver I need installed. That’s been frustrating because my pkg install nvidia-driver-... command taking forever, and the machine eventually...

I set up the bootable USB stick, when when it boots, it gets stuck in an endless loop trying to exec “getty” for hundreds of ttys. I booted into single user mode, and I think the first problem I see is md1.uzip: UZIp(zlib) inbflate() failed A bunch of thise scroll off the screen, and then I see g_vf...