From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Pefmh-000139-Lz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:29:35 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 97E49E0AEA; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [66.135.63.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57E3CE0AEA for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-100-42.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.100.42]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p0H3S9Tf019766 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:28:11 -0600 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p0H3S6kO026502 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:28:09 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module In-reply-to: <4D33B1FB.6080708@gmail.com> References: <5309.1295145276@ccs.covici.com> <4D32D400.8050409@gmail.com> <201101161516.49672.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> <4D33A1C8.3000801@gmail.com> <25607.1295232611@ccs.covici.com> <4D33B1FB.6080708@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Dale message dated "Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:05:31 -0600." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.2.1 Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 22:28:06 -0500 Message-ID: <26501.1295234886@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.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 X-Archives-Salt: 50655edf-d24f-4fdd-8b2a-6b5bcaf0836d X-Archives-Hash: 88281e40180b57008359f45a16746232 Dale wrote: > covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > Dale wrote: > > > > > >> Peter Humphrey wrote: > >> > >>> On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make > >>>> oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make > >>> oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia- > >>> drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a > >>> kernel other than the running one. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel. > >> I can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing > >> to the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a > >> bit and see what happens. > >> > >> > > Getting back to the original, I tried with 2.6.37 and it didn't work > > either, but my 2.6.30 works fine with the same drivers. > > > > > > I'm using nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 on kernel 2.6.37-gentoo and it is > working fine so far. It booted and X is working. > > Could there be something amiss in the kernel config? I ran into > problems a while back. It was missing the option CONFIG_SYSVIPC in > the kernel. You got that built in? > > Dale > > :-) :-) Yep, its in there. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com