From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E913F1382C5 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:26:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 749F2E0845; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:26:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw2.antarean.org (gw2.antarean.org [141.105.125.208]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F161E082F for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 19:26:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Ckdf50bfRz8wp9 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:26:53 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw2.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw2.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WJHT29lh-_Ji for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:26:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Ckdf45PQ0z8wp4 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:26:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Ckdf44BBmz15 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:26:52 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from mailstore1.adm.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailstore1.adm.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BeDGJ3RNcaAB for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:26:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from eve.localnet (eve.adm.antarean.org [10.55.16.44]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mailstore1.adm.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4Ckdf41zsHz13 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:26:52 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=antarean.org; s=default; t=1606678012; bh=AcHp5qJZSVrudoVItNIcr0d4C5nSgRmc2/D2PKZj+pg=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=gJVWQnfFhPPVUyXsidSQh70slaDfdW/GCHdQkY+4Ys1zpRSD9+treu5Mhr6CmW8+o QRawO5EFmSGG1wx6vnte8/vNxRLDIZKGiazwW4NjTW4vmbfJD3vK6IEWRbZiSdhjtB 2CqkBArMLTlDaeOybeHLQoxsb1NIhyLjf2jFQ92U= From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia x server settings doesn't open Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:26:51 +0100 Message-ID: <4538937.UJfJDUJd3W@eve> Organization: Antarean In-Reply-To: References: <82244110-9bba-128c-2de7-442bc9ec2fdc@sys-concept.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-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: 7b0d9464-991e-4822-a47d-b23f3a374b1c X-Archives-Hash: 8740fd18d103dc17b86904bf2464f1eb On Sunday, November 29, 2020 1:34:46 PM CET Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 29/11/2020 05:53, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > > On 11/28/2020 07:19 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 27/11/2020 02:56, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > >>> I just installed nvidia-drivers-455.28-r1 and can not start "nvidia x > >>> server setting" it doesn't open. > >>> > >>> running: $ nvidia-smi > >>> NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA > >>> driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and > >>> running. > >> > >> What's the output of: > >> lsmod > >> > >> and: > >> emerge --info > > > > Here it is. > > [...snip...] > > Your system is using the nouveau driver. You need to disable it and only > enable the nvidia driver. In your make.conf, change this: > > VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nouveau" > > to: > > VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" > > Also, add "nvidia" to your make.conf USE flags (this might not be > actually needed, but better safe than sorry.) > > Then also see if you have nouveau enabled for something elsewhere in > your portage configuration. Do this: > > grep -r nouveau /etc/portage > > This should print nothing. If it does, then you should edit the files > and disable nouveau. > > Finally, tell portage to check what needs to be re-emerged due to these > changes: > > emerge -auDN --with-bdeps=y @world > > Reboot. Don't forget to disable loading of the nouveau kernel-module. (Or simply remove it from the kernel-config entirely) -- Joost