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

[walt <w41ter@gmail.com>]

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.