[OpenIndiana-discuss] Video cards (or not)

[Paul Floyd]

On 3/9/25 14:41, Stephan Althaus wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I have used the MSI gt 1030 in the past. (and a NVS 295)
>
> To check compatibility, you need to look which nvidia driver version 
> supports that card, this is not specifically related to the OS.
>
> The nvidia driver search gives me the version s 387.xx, so i would try 
> 390..
>
>
> If this doesn't work, .. i had used the nvidia binaries in the past, 
> don't know if it does work now.
>
> You could download it here:
>
> https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/127153/
>
> uninstall the nvidia* packages,.. and use a method like this
>
> pfexec beadm list
> pfexec beadm create oi-nvidia-387
> pfexec beadm mount oi-nvidia-387 /mnt
> pfexec pkg -R /mnt uninstall -r driver/graphics/nvidia
> pfexec /bin/sh NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-387.run --extract-only
> cd NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-387
> pfexec pkgadd -R /mnt -d . NVDAgraphics NVDAgraphicsr
> pfexec bootadm update-archive -R /mnt
> pfexec beadm unmount -f oi-nvidia-387
> pfexec beadm activate oi-nvidia-387
> pfexec reboot -p
>
>
I haven't quite gotten that far yet.

I did try installing nvidia-390 and nvidia-470 (no joy). I don't quite 
understand why, but 'pkg uninstall' of one of those just swaps it for 
the other. I.e., uninstalling 390 ends with 470 getting installed.

Because of that I couldn't try nvidia-535.

How can I really uninstall nvidia*?

A+

Paul