Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia driver - blank screen not even console display

[Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>]

On 02/22/13 17:26, walt wrote:
>On 02/22/2013 12:24 AM, 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;
>
>Joseph, I feel I should apologize for the numbskull devs at nvidia for writing such
>ridiculous code -- but I'm not responsible for them, honest ;)
>
>The lines of output above are completely normal.  They don't describe the *real* error
>that's causing your problem.
>
>You see the "echo" in the message you posted?  That means the nvidia devs chose to print
>the lines of code in their installer shellscript as it executes, one line at a time.
>
>That echo "ERROR...etc" is what the nvidia installer would have printed *if* you actually
>experienced that particular kernel config problem -- but you didn't.  The real error
>message was printed way below what you posted above, and I suspect it was caused by
>a recent change in the linux kernel headers, but that's just a guess.
>
>You need to examine the remainder of the output from the nvidia installer to find the
>actual error, and post it here so we can help you figure it out.

I think you are correct. It took me all night :-/ to come to this conclusion.
Yes, the kernle-3.5.7 I think is not compatible with the nvidia driver (at least in my case/my video card).
I don't think I was the only one who experience this problem. It just make me wonder why did they make it stable.

-- 
Joseph