RE: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.14 & Nvidia

[Matthias Langer <mlangc@gmx.at>]

On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 17:58 -0800, Bob Young wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Corbin [mailto:gentoo.org@machturtle.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 3:21 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.14 & Nvidia
> 
> On Sunday 06 November 2005 11:13 pm, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> > Philip Webb wrote:
> > > Has anyone got Nvidia to work with Kernel 2.6.14 ?
> >
> > Yup. In /etc/conf.d/local.start
> >
> > /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh
> >
> > or
> >
> > mknod /dev/nvidia0 c 195 0
> > mknod /dev/nvidiactl c 195 255
> 
> 
> This doesn't work for me.  If I have the nvidia FB compiled in, then nvidia
> module fails to load long before local.start seems to be called.
> 
> 
> You can't have the nv driver providing the console frame buffer, then load
> the nvidia driver. If you do that, you have two different modules laying
> claim to control of the video hardware, thus causing the second one to fail
> to load.. If you want support for different video modes and boot splash etc,
> use the vesafb, then your nvidia driver should load.
> Bob Young

This link may be relevant:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104369
mlangc

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