[OpenIndiana-discuss] using Nvidia RTX 5060 with recent OI

[Stephan Althaus]

On 5/26/26 00:14, Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] using Nvidia RTX 5060 with 
> recent...:
>
>> On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 10:49:06PM -0500, Tim Mooney via 
>> openindiana-discuss wrote:
>>> - I used 'lspci -v' on a Linux live boot to quickly find the PCI info
>>>   on the Nvidia card:
>>>
>>>   01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 2d05 
>>> (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>>         Subsystem: Dell Device 5370
>>>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, IOMMU 
>>> group 9
>>>         Memory at 70000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
>>>         Memory at a020000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>>>         Memory at a032000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
>>>         I/O ports at 9000 [size=128]
>>>         Expansion ROM at 74080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
>>
>> This card should be supported by the driver/graphics/nvidia-580 driver
>> too (currently at 580.159.4).  So maybe it is worth trying it to see if
>> there is any difference.
>
> Thanks Marcel, I appreciate the response.
>
> Based upon Andreas' comments in his response, I'm considering trying an
> older copy of the text install.  If I do, I'll try the nvidia-580 instead
> of nvidia latest, assuming I can figure out how to install components
> *without* doing a full update.
>
> I've been using OI hipster a long time, so I understand the rolling
> release nature and the intent that everything is updated rather than
> picking and choosing just components to update.  In this case, though,
> for testing I'll want to install components that are not latest.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim

Hello!

Hint:

sudo pkg refresh

sudo pkg uninstall xorg-video nvidia
sudo pkg install xorg-video nvidia-580

.. and reboot.

Regards,

Stephan Althaus