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 B83B4198005 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:29:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC86421C0B6; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail119c7.megamailservers.com (mail119c7-2520.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.26]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 482B221C021 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:29:32 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin.sys-concept.com Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail119c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id r1M9TUEu001250 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:29:31 -0500 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 03CED2007C8; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:29:30 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:29:30 -0700 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display Message-ID: <20130222092930.GA8874@syscon7.inet> References: <20130222061434.GA3566@syscon7.inet> <20130222073458.GA9266@syscon7.inet> <20130222082410.GA9042@syscon7.inet> <51272E0D.7020607@gmail.com> <20130222085030.GA15229@syscon7.inet> <51273371.2080906@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: <51273371.2080906@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=1.1 cv=W6ss1Pvmf7yERfUYoFMnDG1a0d3M70AqN8BXilB3RYQ= c=1 sm=1 a=wom5GMh1gUkA:10 a=Rp0jlMM6dWQA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=WMD0HzgFlbOTi4_UZHwA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020209.51273A7B.007C,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-Archives-Salt: a4fff7ad-df6d-4226-b08e-a570b008c5c5 X-Archives-Hash: 6b8abf5be5ff9a47af91f4e639ef378b On 02/22/13 02:59, Dale wrote: >>>> 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. > >Then the error you are getting is weird. I do basically the same thing >as you. I run make oldconfig, answer the questions there, run make all >&& make modules_install and that is it. After that, I can update >nvidia's drivers and such and it not complain. I have in the past >forgot to change the symlink tho. I used to do it manually but now use >eselect to do that. Just for giggles, what does eselect kernel list >show as being selected? Maybe something is not quite right there. > >Dale I just re-emerge the kernel and linux is pointing to correct one: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 21 22:35 linux -> linux-3.5.7-gentoo I run: make all && make modules_instal emerge nvidia-drivers but still getting that strange error listed above. -- Joseph