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lyallp
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:45 am Post subject: nvidia-drivers-195.36.31 against gentoo-sources-2.6.36-r5

Anyone know how to get nvidia-drivers-195.36.31 to build against gentoo-sources-2.6.36-r5 ?

I tried building whilst booted under 2.6.36-r5 and also under 2.6.35-r12

The error is

Code:

/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.24/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.24-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:417: error: unknown field 'ioctl' specified in initializer

The same version of nvidia-drivers builds fine against gentoo-sources-2.6.35-r12.

Maybe one of my .config settings is wrong?
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 12:58 pm Post subject:

You either need to patch the driver to allow building against 2.6.36, use 2.6.35, or use more recent driver.

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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject:

Thanks ssteinberg, /etc/portage/package.keywords x11drivers/nvidia-drivers ~x86 media-video/nvidia-settings ~x86 and /etc/portage/package.unmask x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers media-video/nvidia-settings did the trick

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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject:

Well, actually, I did try using ~x86 drivers, I did try masking the particular nvidia drivers. I concluded it's the latest kernel sources that are the problem and have reverted to the previous kernel, for the time being. _________________ ...Lyall

castor_fou
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject:

same as lyalip, I already use the very last version of nvidia drivers (195.36.31) and it fails against 2.6.36-r5.

Gusar
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject:

The latest nvidia driver is 260.19.29. If you're using the 2.6.36 kernel, that's what you should be using.

Shining Arcanine
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject:

I suggest that you file a bug report regarding this at bugs.gentoo.org. The maintainer might write a patch for it. Something else you can do in parallel to that would be to ask on nvnews.net: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 One of the people there might have written a patch for the driver.

hujuice
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject:

For the new readers...
...the bug is filed here: 334223
(See the related bugs also.)

If you don't want to rise until the top of the masked packages forever, I set succefully:

Code:

echo "=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword
echo "=media-video/nvidia-settings-256.52 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword

Edit: the above lines lack a final "s" each...

Code:

echo "=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo "=media-video/nvidia-settings-256.52 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

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Last edited by hujuice on Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:59 pm; edited 2 times in total

sleepingsun
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:41 pm Post subject:

Edited Thanks ! I also fix this with emerge latest nvidia-driers and settings in 64bit i just change ~x86 to ~amd6 ! Also i must unmerge older nvidia-settings that i can upgrade to new ... than reboot and works Thanks ! _________________ Gentoo is Rocks Last edited by sleepingsun on Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:18 pm; edited 1 time in total

hujuice
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject:

The simplest solution for amd64 is

Code:

echo "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword
echo "media-video/nvidia-settings ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword

Edit: the above lines lack a final "s" each...

Code:

echo "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
echo "media-video/nvidia-settings ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords

and then emerge again.

Regards,
HUjuice
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Last edited by hujuice on Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:59 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:55 pm Post subject:

I was faced by the same problems.
I found this thread and followed the advice and managed to get it working.
Glxgears don't run smooth but the framerate is the same as before.
When I do "glxinfo" I get the message

Code:

name of display: :0.0
NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidiactl (Permission denied).
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)

Eselect opengl list gives me nvidia*.

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Gusar
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:00 pm Post subject:

@gerard82: You need to be in the 'video' group. Just curious: Have you tried running something OpenGL that's not glxgears?

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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:13 pm Post subject:

You were right Gusar. After I added myself to the video group all is ok. I know very well glxgears is no benchmark but it's quick to do. It now runs smooth while before it was jerky. Why do I have to add myself to the video group all of a sudden? Gerard. Edit: Almost forgot:Thanks a heap. _________________ To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files. The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs. You can follow the Handbook verbatim. http://www.sysresccd.org/Download Last edited by gerard27 on Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:19 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:18 pm Post subject:

gerard82 wrote:

I know very well glxgears is no benchmark but it's quick to do.

This case clearly showed glxgears told you nothing! It doesn't matter that it's "quick to do", what it spits out has no relevance whatsoever for *actual* apps.

gerard82 wrote:

Why do I have to add myself to the video group all of a sudden?

It's not all of a sudden, it's been a requirement for a long time now.

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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:40 am Post subject:

hujuice wrote:

The simplest solution for amd64 is

Code:

echo "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword
echo "media-video/nvidia-settings ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword

and then emerge again.

Regards,
HUjuice

Doesnt no why this doesnt work i add also latest version also and not worked i installed with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge.....

and works
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:17 pm Post subject:

Today, after emerge -uvDN world, I just upgrade kernel (gentoo-sources) with genkernel. Then I run module-rebuild rebuild, but it gives nvidia-drivers errors. I Just added two line in /etc/portage/package.keywords ( Please Check Your File Name, /etc/portage/package.keyword is mistake file name ) x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers media-video/nvidia-settings And re emerge -uvDN world, then newly nvidia-drivers emerged. Mon Nov 1 12:17:02 2010 >>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.31 Tue Dec 21 15:04:12 2010 >>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 After rebooting machine, gdm/xdm with nvidia-drivers works with 2.6.36-r5 machine uname -a is Linux h2a 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 21 13:47:02 EET 2010 x86_64 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject:

Didnt see too much works Works like you sad ! Thankie Hope so that will be unmasked work like charm _________________ Gentoo is Rocks

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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:56 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I've lost an "s"... HUjuice _________________ Who hasn't a spine, should have a method. Chi non ha carattere, deve pur avere un metodo.

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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject:

sleepingsun wrote:

hujuice wrote:

The simplest solution for amd64 is

Code:

echo "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword
echo "media-video/nvidia-settings ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keyword

and then emerge again.

Regards,
HUjuice

Doesnt no why this doesnt work i add also latest version also and not worked i installed with ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge.....

and works

Hi guys on issue here that in portage-2.1.9 and newer versions of portage the package.keywords configuration file in /etc/portage/ is now deprecated.
Instead use the package.accept_keywords file which has the same format and behavior

hujuice
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject:

g3om1s wrote:

man portage wrote:

...
package.accept_keywords and package.keywords
...
The package.accept_keywords file is intended to replace the package.keywords file.
...

Thank you g3om1s,
HUjuice
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:07 am Post subject:

gerard82 wrote:

Glxgears don't run smooth but the framerate is the same as before.
Gerard.

What package does glxgears belong to? I don't have it anymore!

psheldon
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:22 am Post subject:

x11-apps/mesa-progs Available versions: 7.7 Installed versions: 7.7(16:53:41 10/28/10) Homepage: http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/ Description: Mesa's OpenGL utility and demo programs (glxgears and glxinfo)

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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:24 pm Post subject:

@psheldon Thank you.

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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject:

g3om1s wrote:

man portage( 8 )

/etc/portage/package.accept_keywords can be a directory, not just a file.
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