Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 16 January 2011 10:48:45 Dale wrote:
>    
>> Peter Humphrey wrote:
>>      
>>> You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a
>>> kernel version other than the currently running one - it complains
>>> it can't find a valid kernel config. This means that, after
>>> emerging a new kernel version, it's necessary to reboot with the
>>> new kernel (and fail to start X) before it's possible to remerge
>>> nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel - you can't do it in
>>> advance.
>>>        
>> In the past when I do a kernel upgrade, I have linked to the new
>> kernel, emerged nvidia drivers then rebooted to the new kernel.  It
>> worked fine for me.  I haven't done that in a while since I just
>> built a new rig but I have done that in the past many times.
>>
>> Is this something new?
>>      
> It could easily be, yes. I remember being surprised once last year when
> it happened, and since then it's been every time - enough that I've
> written a tiny script to remerge drivers and vbox, then restart xdm. The
> difference may be my ~amd64 system and consequent later versions of
> nvidia-drivers.
>
>    

I have compiled a kernel for 2.6.37 but I have not booted it yet.  I'll 
set the link to the new kernel, emerge nvidia and see what happens when 
I boot the new kernel.

In the past, I was on x86 on my old rig.  Maybe it is the arch that 
affects something.  I'm not sure but will test later on today.  Sort of 
in the middle of a download at the moment.

Dale

:-)  :-)