From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EZRUM-0002yC-L1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2005 11:18:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA8BHCC1016483; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:17:12 GMT Received: from mail.gmx.net (imap.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA8BDQp2015307 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:13:26 GMT Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 08 Nov 2005 11:13:25 -0000 Received: from chello080108115144.1.11.univie.teleweb.at (EHLO chello080108115144.1.11.univie.teleweb.at) [80.108.115.144] by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 08 Nov 2005 12:13:25 +0100 X-Authenticated: #28563408 Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Kernel 2.6.14 & Nvidia From: Matthias Langer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:12:54 +0100 Message-Id: <1131448374.10182.0.camel@sputnik886.ruz-net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: 450bb180-e81a-4a1f-bb49-15d11e749070 X-Archives-Hash: 37dfbd9647d5055a3d328ddd7751d610 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list