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rommel
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 Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 8:56 pm Post subject: new nvidia-kernel driver |
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i just finished a fresh install from 1.2 cd lastnight...woke up this morning and configured X and booted into kde...well i forgot to include hid and my mouse didnt work...so no big deal...recompiled the kernel and rebooted expecting the nvidia driver to fail and it didnt...it loaded itself into the new kernel?
i ran startx ...nvidia splash screen appears , mouse worked and that was it....anyone else have this happen? |
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rac
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Did you change kernel versions? If not, the modules should be shared and reused.
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kirill
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: new nvidia-kernel driver |
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| rommel wrote: | | i ran startx ...nvidia splash screen appears , mouse worked and that was it....anyone else have this happen? |
Yeah sometimes you need to recompile the 3rd-part modules, sometimes not 
It might depend on how much did you change your kernel setup since the NVdriver was "compiled".
If it works, it works. if in doubt emerge unmerge nvidia-kernel && emerge nvidia-kernel 
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rommel
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| well i didnt change anything but adding HID for the mouse i had like i said in the post....but i have done as little before and it seemed everytime i needed to emerge the nvidia-kernel again after a kernel compile...i wasnt sure if it had something to do with the newer r1 of the nvidia-kernel...at any rate it was a first for me. |
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tomas
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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I think it's like this: If you do a modules_install, you'll have to reinstall nvidia and alsa, because they will be removed along with all the other old modules in /lib/modules/<kernel version>/...
If you just compile & install the bzImage part of the kernel, the modules directory will be intact, and you can start X without re-emerging nvidia. |
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rommel
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 1:04 am Post subject: |
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well i ran | Code: | | #make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install |
like i do everytime.....but its not important....just was different thats all. |
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