FreeBSD 5 & NVidia Video driver

StewartLai · 10-18-03, 02:52 PM

I am new to FreeBSD Linux......
Wound any one help me with the GUNZIP error:

GUNZIP NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-4365.tar.gz

I get:
invalid compressed data--format violated

I downloaded directly from my newly installed FreeBSD 5.0
using FTP.

Any suggestions, syntax error?

Please advise! Thanks!

Stewart

euan · 10-18-03, 03:16 PM

Short answer...

wrong forum, broken zip look for a mirror.

Oh, and it's "FreeBSD". I don't think linux has anything to do with it?

cgull · 10-19-03, 10:43 AM

Code:

tar xvzf NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-4365.tar.gz

Rather than downloading use the port.

Code:

cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/
make install clean

or if you have portinstall...

Code:

portinstall nvidia-driver

Make sure you read every line of the INSTALL instructions.

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Cam

10-18-03, 02:52 PM	#1
StewartLai Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1	FreeBSD 5 & NVidia Video driver I am new to FreeBSD Linux...... Wound any one help me with the GUNZIP error: GUNZIP NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-4365.tar.gz I get: invalid compressed data--format violated I downloaded directly from my newly installed FreeBSD 5.0 using FTP. Any suggestions, syntax error? Please advise! Thanks! Stewart

10-18-03, 03:16 PM	#2
euan Fully Qualified FanATIc Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Glasgow, Scotland. Posts: 387	Short answer... wrong forum, broken zip look for a mirror. Oh, and it's "FreeBSD". I don't think linux has anything to do with it? __________________ Sys.txt

10-19-03, 10:43 AM	#3
cgull Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2	Code: tar xvzf NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-4365.tar.gz Rather than downloading use the port. Code: cd /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver/ make install clean or if you have portinstall... Code: portinstall nvidia-driver Make sure you read every line of the INSTALL instructions. ----------------------- Cam

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