From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKPuK-0008Nx-ND for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:16:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91C76E04C1; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38F85E04C1 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j3so442706ugf.49 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:16:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ow3UeeZDZz4HGse7cvE/Wz3pi94hso8tbuw+KXYRC2A=; b=DgBP3aK7XgTJEWHnwGXxuHbxOBtAHrQ1CTRjq941rNwWmH6wV1KDXI0sbtc/deBi0v+OShL2pjkWm8vp69jcrfOwBKzl4D2RUxKTg8NvaE+I4pttGgJFIazGyaXXC8yIo/fjPCr5ET0c6UxWUqNs4wLlbPO7IUc0LTX+fTtyANA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rBG3RUH2zmigUz/qy9xn/WDjFEMzoIBGHE8aSHGyHhpxGNtCUfihJBBTf2cGDWprjD2uvAuhG4CNs9tV6bwWLbSYuwOfK4LmyDDEZ6v+4UactpNhREz1MF8zmDXLwpBK9vQVoUnOk2R7ObfQpOUWuerCM582i9P1h3eVxn8MeyU= Received: by 10.66.244.2 with SMTP id r2mr3539369ugh.64.1201749365431; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:16:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from ilievnet.com ( [84.21.204.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b35sm7017482ugd.33.2008.01.30.19.16.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:16:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:16:00 +0200 From: Daniel Iliev To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Strange Xorg behaviour, not (always) loading nvidia module Message-ID: <20080131051600.6646d901@ilievnet.com> In-Reply-To: References: <200801300038.00574.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20080130023627.0cf1d484@ilievnet.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0b09d905-6e01-4bae-bb95-a4d222c1f420 X-Archives-Hash: c0765dce684637a8345cdebd802db474 On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:56:30 +0100 Pupino wrote: > > All you have to do in order to get the proprietery nvidia drv > > working is: > > > > 1) make sure the open src nvidia drv is not built in-kernel or as > > kernel module: > > > > ======== > > Location: > > -> Device Drivers > > -> Graphics support > > -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=n]) > > -> nVidia Framebuffer Support = [N] > > ======== > > > > 2) emerge nvidia-drivers > > 3) make sure /etc/X11/xorg.conf has >Driver "nvidia"<, not "nv" in > > section "Device" > > 4) eselect opengl set nvidia > > Thanks for the help Daniel, but what you say hasn't fixed my > problem... I had framebuffer support in the kernel config, but not > the nvidia fb support, I've tried to remove it at all, but still > doesn't work... the other steps you have listed have already been > done. In fact if I type /etc/init.d/xdm restart after boot the driver > is loaded correctly and all works... > > Davide No, AFAIK, only the open source "nv" frame buffer (FB) driver can't work together with the driver from Nvidia. You can have another (e.g. VESA) FB support along with the proprietary driver. Have you re-emerged "nvidia-drivers" after you recompiled the kernel? If you use binary storage for the compiled packages, remove the nvidia-drivers from there before emerging. I had such a problem: portage extracts the backup package without really rebuilding the driver (perhaps because it sees the same versions and USE flags). So, you could try: rm $PORTDIR/packages/All/nvidia* emerge nvidia-drivers eselect opengl nvidia -- Best regards, Daniel -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list