From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.120]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E3C0ABCEE for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:36:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7LMXQj5022178 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:33:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phoenix.Princeton.EDU (phoenix.Princeton.EDU [128.112.128.42]) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g7LMXLFX015307 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:33:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (deniss@localhost) by phoenix.Princeton.EDU (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA06445 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:33:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:33:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Denis Shcherbakov To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [gentoo-dev] NVIDIA drivers Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 17c69989-1032-4e26-8f84-bd2262145718 X-Archives-Hash: f41fd67deca1e5ffa103343923c7de60 Hello... I have just installed Gentoo and also installed and compiled X and KDE. I have a GeForce3 Nvidia chip in my graphics card (64-MB Asus V8200), and so I thought I'd use the new drivers. So I followed the instructions to install those, using Code Listings 8 thru 10 in the Desktop Guide, and after I made those modifications, I started X, only to see NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module As a result, X did not find any usable screens and died with a fatal error. After looking in /var/log/messages, I saw the following message corresponding to an attempt to load NVdriver module into the kernel: nvidia: couldn't map registers! Before I made the modifications to use new Nvidia drivers, X started and ran just fine from startx. It gave no errors. Let me give you some detail about my system. I've a dual-processor machine with 2.2GHz Xeons sitting on Tyan 2603 motherboard (Thunder i860 chipset), with 2GB Rambus RDRAM. I compiled the kernel for it successfully, and there are no errors at boot. The graphics card has a GeForce3 chip with 64MB of video RAM. I have a Sony flat 21'' monitor, CPD-G520. Like I said, my X worked ok before i messed with Nvidia drivers. I saw an instruction document for Nvidia on www.gentoo.org, but it was only in French!! DOH. I could really use some help about this. This seems like a very common error, and a LOT of people are reporting this same thing, and yet there seems to be no solution that I could find. Please advise. Please let me know what other info you might need. Best, Denis