nvidia & gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7

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xcable · Post by **xcable** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:19 pm

I use gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5.

So I guess that 2.6.5 is the latest.

heath

JinxterX · Post by **JinxterX** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:19 pm

4496 drivers work fine up to 2.6.5 kernel but you can get them working with higher versions as well if you used the patched version.

ranmakun · Post by **ranmakun** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:37 pm

JinxterX wrote:4496 drivers work fine up to 2.6.5 kernel but you can get them working with higher versions as well if you used the patched version.

Thank you, I've tried the patched drivers that someone pointed out in this thread but didn't work either with 2.6.7 (same error)
I guess I will stick with 2.6.5 until there is a solution.

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:43 pm

i'm also having this same problem, is there any 'generic' drivers that can be used that don't have 3d support or whatever so that i can use X for now until some fix comes along? thanks.

xcable · Post by **xcable** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:50 pm

You can use the drivers that come with xfree86. It has full 2D acceleration but no 3D.

http://xfree86.org/4.3.0/nv.4.html

heath

Cid · Post by **Cid** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:14 pm

cool...i'll try that until this gets fixed

Shiner_Man · Post by **Shiner_Man** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:51 am

I'm getting the black screen of death as well with gentoo-dev-sources-rc8

# ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx
# modules-update
# modprobe nvidia
# startx

bang...black screen of death and complete system lockup.

xanthax · Post by **xanthax** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:16 pm

exclude "nvidia riva support" from kernel and emerge the "nvidia-kernel-1.0.6106.ebuild" and the dido nvidia-glx.
Then restart new kernel and it works fine with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-rc8.
If still problem try a "modules-update force"

Shiner_Man · Post by **Shiner_Man** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:32 pm

I don't have "nvidia riva support" compiled into the kernel and it still doesn't work. Haven't tried "modules-update -force" though. I don't like to "force" anything really.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:32 pm

I get gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r8 to work with nvidia kernel 1.0.6106 by:
1. disable NVIDIA nForce/nForce 2 chipset support [in Device Drivers->Character devices section]
2. disable nVidia Riva support [in Device Drivers->Graphics support setction]

compile and install the kernel, and emerge 1.0.6106 nvidia kernel and glx, it works like a charm! glxgears test result is notably higher than did in 1.0.4496

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mkdir -p /etc/portage
echo media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86 >>/etc/portage/package.keywords
echo media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86 >>/etc/portage/package.keywords
emerge nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx
modules-update
kdm[or gdm or whatever]

test with glxgears

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glxgears

Shiner_Man · Post by **Shiner_Man** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:05 pm

I get gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r8 to work with nvidia kernel 1.0.6106 by:
1. disable NVIDIA nForce/nForce 2 chipset support [in Device Drivers->Character devices section]
2. disable nVidia Riva support [in Device Drivers->Graphics support setction]

Okay let me see if this does the trick.

<UPDATE>
bah! Still getting the black screen of death. Here is what I did using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r9:

1. Disable NVIDIA nforce/nforce 2 chipset support and disable nvidia Riva support in the kernel config.
2. ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx
3 modules-update
4. modprobe nvidia
5. startx

Black screen and the computer just hangs. Must do a hard reboot. ho hum.

Is this a known bug with gentoo-dev-sources are am I just an unlucky idiot?