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

Andreas Wacknitz A.Wacknitz at gmx.de
Wed May 27 18:41:41 UTC 2026


Am 27.05.26 um 20:34 schrieb Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] using Nvidia RTX 5060 with 
> recent...:
>
>> Simply uninstall xorg-video. That should be possible and then you 
>> should be able to install any nvidia driver.
>
> That's the state the workstation is in right now.
>
> nvidia-580 is installed, but xorg-video is not.
>
> Based upon the steps in our documentation and the idiom that most people
> seem to use when switching versions of the nvidia driver, I had assumed
> that re-installing xorg-video after switching to a different nvidia
> version was required to make to make Xorg server work.
>
> If Xorg server and lightdm should work *without* xorg-video installed,
> I'll proceed with testing that.
>
> Tim
xorg-video is just a meta package that ensures that a couple of other 
packages get installed.
You should look at its sources.

Andreas


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