From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Fqhk0-0000u5-CZ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:37:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5F2a0KU025709; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:36:00 GMT Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5F2Ua4a021238 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:30:36 GMT Received: from [192.168.0.101] ([71.255.112.8]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J0V005WEQYZJF53@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:30:35 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:30:36 -0400 From: Sean Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia and kernel support In-reply-to: <4490C4C9.9020409@verizon.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <4490C64C.5030403@verizon.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <4490C4C9.9020409@verizon.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) X-Archives-Salt: 72ec1557-17cc-4585-a32b-a7e76d227589 X-Archives-Hash: 0082028ac65367c84bc39684e4c42a93 Sean wrote: > Trying to setup my system to support my nvidia vid card. > > Per instructions I am supposed to enable agpgart in the kernel, which is > under device drivers---> > character devices---> > --- /dev/agpgart (agp support) > > As you can see above my system does not allow anything to be done for > /dev/agpgart, it just has three lines before it. > How do I enable this in the kernel towards getting my nvidia card working? > > Please note: if it makes a difference I am running amd64. > > Thanks > Sean Additional, when I run the glxinfo | grep direct, the reponse I get is Error: unable to open display (null) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list