NVIDIA driver

Mati · Apprentice Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Posts: 172

Hi there,

i would like to install new NVIDIA drivers for my recent gentoo system. However, i dont know how. I already have the kernel nvidia settings switched on and my xserver starts properly i think. I downloaded
the neweset *.run file from nvidias website and put in sh *.run but it complained about some "missing kernel sources or misplaced kernel sources". Hence i switched on my old xserver.

Is there an emerge-way to install nvidia drivers? Can you help me with a detailed description how to update my drivers? Thanks a lot.

greetz

Ant P. · Watchman Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 6920

Aquous · l33t Joined: 08 Jan 2011 Posts: 700

Or, perhaps more appropriately, set VIDEO_CARDS=nvidia in /etc/make.conf and re-emerge x11-base/xorg-drivers (i.e. 'emerge -1 x11-base/xorg-drivers').

cach0rr0 · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:27 pm Post subject:

there's a doc for that

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
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