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xcable Guru
Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 424 Location: College Station, Texas
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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I use gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5.
So I guess that 2.6.5 is the latest.
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JinxterX n00b
Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 59
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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ranmakun Guru
Joined: 06 Nov 2002 Posts: 372 Location: Buenos Aires - Argentina
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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Cid Apprentice
Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 155 Location: New York
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ Spiral out. Keep going... |
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xcable Guru
Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 424 Location: College Station, Texas
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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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
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Cid Apprentice
Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 155 Location: New York
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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cool...i'll try that until this gets fixed _________________ Spiral out. Keep going... |
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Shiner_Man Apprentice
Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 180
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:51 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________ My Site |
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xanthax Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 91 Location: Bi Nary State
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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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" _________________ God is only an imaginary friend for adults... |
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Shiner_Man Apprentice
Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 180
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ My Site |
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Lance Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 125
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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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]
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test with glxgears
_________________ choose Gentoo, choose freedom |
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Shiner_Man Apprentice
Joined: 09 Mar 2004 Posts: 180
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | 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? _________________ My Site |
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