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A.S. Pushkin
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 Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:02 am Post subject: nVidia and Kernel issue[SOLVED] |
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My highest kernel is sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.18.7 which appears to have been removed from Portage.
I have been running a nVidia GT-220 video card which I recently replaced with a Quadro K620 thinking there was a problem.
There wasn't as I discovered when reading the ebuild for the nVidia drivers where my current is 340.76.
I found that my an update to this kernel X would not start. I'm not sorry yo have upgraded to the new card, which is
quite tough for my budget, but I wonder what other nVidia owners are doing. I'm not a gamer and hope to maybe
do some for-money cad work and maybe some video on a small scale. (The new machine I'm building is based around an
i7-4770k.) My current AMD Athlon is inadequate, I know. Any suggestions from nVidia users would be appreciated.
Lest I forget, this has led to one other question. I'm running grub2, but since it would seem that my highest kernel will
do me no good I'd like grub2 to default to a kernel <3.18
As of this time the highest kernel that will allow X is 3.17.8-gentoo-r1
I've attempted to set the default to this next to last kernel in /etc/default/grub but it does not give me the kernel
I want. Any suggestions on this would also be very helpful.
TIA.
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Myu
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:17 am Post subject: |
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Hi !
I would say emerge the latest stable 3.18.x kernel (3.18.9)
then run | Code: | | eselect kernel list |
to see available kernel sources and | Code: | | eselect kernel set <NUMBER of the 3.18.9 kernel> |
to set this kernel as the default source.
then copy your .config from the 3.18.7 kernel (which should still be on /usr/src/linux-3.18.7-gentoo/ if you haven't unmerged these sources ) to /usr/src/linux
Then build your kernel as usual, once done copy it to your /boot and run | Code: | | grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
You should see your new kernel being on "top" of the list.
Reboot and re-emerge the nvidia drivers so there build against your new kernel : | Code: | | emerge nvidia-drivers. |
If you just want to boot to the 3.17.8-r1 for now, move any of the 3.18 kernel(s) from /boot to elsewere and do | Code: | | grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
You should only see the 3.17.8-r1 kernel and older kernels on the output from grub2-mkconfig
Hope it helps ! |
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Roman_Gruber
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I've attempted to set the default to this next to last kernel in /etc/default/grub but it does not give me the kernel
I want. Any suggestions on this would also be very helpful. |
I personally only adapt /boot/grub/grub.cfg
I never use any script to change grub2. I use grub2 from a previous linux mint installation.
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cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="5"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
....
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On my box
this line selects which grub entry is booted. 5 may indicate it is the 5th entry or the 6th entry when it starts to count with 0. You will find out yourself anyway.
Personally it is much easier to just adjust this grub file and move the files needed to boot in the directory where I need them.
I recommend doing the same so you are in control and know what is done. I do not get the point why it is easier and better to use some script to change that behaviour? At the end you just tell grub2 what should be done and when I change the config file there I know what is done without the additional layer of an external script... |
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A.S. Pushkin
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:33 pm Post subject: nVidia and Kernel issue |
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Myu I took your suggestion and it cleared up my problem. As the kernel causing me difficulty was removed from Portage I must assume it was the problem.
The note in the ebuild about nVidia and the kernel support seems to not apply hear as the newest kernel and nVidia drivers work well.
My newest kernel, 3.18.9-gentoo, is installed and the default.
I note that simply removing a kernel from /boot does seem to require grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
tw04l124 thanks for your input, too. I was leery of editing the gub2 files, but may look at that as I understand it better.
Thanks again for your help. Once again Gentooers offer the best help.
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Myu
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hi A.S Pushkin,
I'm glad it helped 
Happy gentoo-ing ! |
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