Re: versions of NVIDIA driver versus kmod in 15.0
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 05:06:11PM +1100, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I just upgraded my server from 14.3 to 15.0. It went mostly
>successfully, but I can't get my NVIDIA video working.
>
>When I install the driver, it also installs the kernel module. But
>they aren't the same version. When I try to run Xorg, it spits out an
>error because of this.
>
>Any clues, please.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Â Graham
>
># pkg install nvidia-driver
>...
>New packages to be INSTALLED:
>Â Â Â Â egl-wayland: 1.1.20 [FreeBSD-ports]
>Â Â Â Â nvidia-driver: 580.95.05 [FreeBSD-ports]
>Â Â Â Â nvidia-kmod: 580.105.08.1500068 [FreeBSD-ports-kmods]
>
>Then on reboot (excuse any errors as this is manually typed):
>NVRM: API mismatch: the client Xorg (pid 3302)
>NVRM: has the version 580.95.05, but this kernel module has
>NVRM: the version 580.105.08. Please make sure that this
>NVRM: kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components
>NVRM: have the same version.
>
>From dmesg:
>nvidia0: <NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM> on vgapci0
>vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
>vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
>nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX
>platforms 580.105.08 Wed Oct 29 22:04:36 UTC 2025
Hello Graham
The latest nvidia-{driver,kmod}-580* on pkg.freebsd.org are
nvidia-driver-580.105.08 NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering
nvidia-kmod-580.105.08.1500068 kmod part of NVidia graphics card binary drivers for hardware OpenGL rendering
There's no 580.95 there.
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