From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76513198005 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:52:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2944321C0D1; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail121c7.megamailservers.com (mail121c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.23]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9EAEE21C0AC for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:51:54 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail121c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r1M8pqSQ003217 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:51:53 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6A061203A6D; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:51:53 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:51:53 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display Message-ID: <20130222085153.GB15229@syscon7.inet> References: <20130222061434.GA3566@syscon7.inet> <20130222073458.GA9266@syscon7.inet> <20130222082410.GA9042@syscon7.inet> <51272E0D.7020607@gmail.com> 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=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51272E0D.7020607@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=qvgoYBvebyoWXgDCBse0AnBzIqqxj4FEGnSrX6+ql6Y= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=Rp0jlMM6dWQA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=C5Pnp4Jia2iHyNRgwXIA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020207.512731AA.0013,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: bea29d47-a4e3-4b6c-ad63-62429611f810 X-Archives-Hash: c710b3f6f84f25b1dfd033a33abbe21a On 02/22/13 02:36, Dale wrote: >Joseph wrote: >> On 02/22/13 09:10, Alexandre Domi wrote: >>> Seems you're getting a nvidia segfault... Did you try revdep-rebuild, >>> or updating your system? >>> >>> Regards >> >> Yes, I just updated the system. >> When I try to compile nvidia-drivers I get this message: >> ... >> test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || >> ( \ >> echo; \ >> echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ >> echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or >> include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\ >> echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to >> fix it."; \ >> echo; >> ... >> >> And I did run "ake oldconfig" when I upgraded the kernel. >> > >It also says to run make prepare. Me, I would run "make all" if I >could. I'm assuming you have complete access to your own system here. > >My next question in my mind. How did you compile a kernel and not run >make all? If you compiled the kernel you are running on that system >then all that should be there. That leads to a new question. What >kernel is /usr/src/linux pointing too? Is it the correct one? > >Just thinking out loud here. Maybe it helps. > >Dale I fore got to add, when I run: When I run nvidia-settings I get You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server. but we don't have `nvidia-xconfig` -- Joseph