Chapter 19. Using the nvidia-settings Utility
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## Chapter 19. Using the nvidia-settings Utility

A graphical configuration utility, nvidia-settings, is included with the NVIDIA FreeBSD graphics driver. After installing the driver and starting X, you can run this configuration utility by running:

        % nvidia-settings

in a terminal window.

Detailed information about the configuration options available are documented in the help window in the utility.

For more information, see the nvidia-settings man page or the user guide available here: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/nvidia-settings-user-guide.txt

The source code to nvidia-settings is released as GPL and is available here: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/

If you have trouble running the nvidia-settings binary shipped with the NVIDIA FreeBSD Graphics Driver, refer to the nvidia-settings entry in Chapter 6, Common Problems.

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