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Techie2000 Guru
Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 11:47 pm Post subject: emerge nvidia-kernel gives unresolved symbols |
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The latest driver when I emerged it I get unresolved symbols error. _________________ "And I'm right. I'm always right, but in this case I'm just a bit more right than I usually am." - Linus Torvalds |
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rac Bodhisattva
Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 6553 Location: Japanifornia
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 12:48 am Post subject: |
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With unresolved symbols, the solution to the problem often depends on what symbols are unresolved. _________________ For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder |
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Techie2000 Guru
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 12:54 am Post subject: |
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I wish I knew. I was hoping to wait until Christmas vacation to rebuild my system, but with my recent portage problems I've been having its starting to look like something I'll want to do this weekend... _________________ "And I'm right. I'm always right, but in this case I'm just a bit more right than I usually am." - Linus Torvalds |
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Jesse Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 148
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 3:11 am Post subject: |
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Hmmmm, I went to see what all the fuss was about BUT when i tried to compile the new drivers it failed to _load_ into the kernel saying it had unresolved symbols !?!?!
Consider I've been running X with nVidia since -r7 came out months ago and havent touched my .config. Does anyone know what's up?
The unresolved symbols are mtrr_end and mtrr_add ?? I think. And YES mtrr support is compiled in and i did a full make clean dep bzImage modules modules_install several time to try to fix the problem?? What gives? |
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mksoft l33t
Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844
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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Have you tried unmerging the old driver 1st, and then emerging the new one
If so, try running depmod -a.
I have put off the upgrade for now (lots of work), when I'll have some spare time I'll report how it went. _________________ There's someone in my head but it's not me - Pink Floyd |
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Techie2000 Guru
Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 344
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Yup. depmod -a says unresolved symbols in module NVdriver. I think I'm going to try to make a brand new kernel and see what happens. Otherwise I'll submit a bug report... _________________ "And I'm right. I'm always right, but in this case I'm just a bit more right than I usually am." - Linus Torvalds |
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mksoft l33t
Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 844
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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I've updated today and it went smoothly (using gentoo-sources-r7). Here's what I did:
1. Logged out of X (stopping everything that runs on it as well, e.g: kdm, xdm or gdm).
2. Removed the existing module from memory: rmmod NVdriver.
3. removed the existing kernel and glx packages: emerege -C nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx.
4. emerge nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx
5. Make sure everything is ok by running: modprobe NVdriver.
6. To be on the safe side: opengl-update nvidia.
7. Start the X session (or display manager) again and enjoy it _________________ There's someone in my head but it's not me - Pink Floyd |
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Techie2000 Guru
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Got it working after compiling a new kernel... _________________ "And I'm right. I'm always right, but in this case I'm just a bit more right than I usually am." - Linus Torvalds |
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