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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.5.

So I guess that 2.6.5 is the latest.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cool...i'll try that until this gets fixed
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

:? 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.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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"
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with 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]

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

Code:

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
Code:

glxgears

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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]


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?
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