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 1PeIok-00078A-5L for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:58:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAD4DE0799; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (wlym.com [66.135.63.43]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65C00E0799 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:56:47 +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 p0G2uiB2022200 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:56:46 -0600 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p0G2ufv3005723 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:56:44 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module In-reply-to: References: <5309.1295145276@ccs.covici.com> Comments: In-reply-to Mark Knecht message dated "Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:48:15 -0800." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.2.1 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:56:41 -0500 Message-ID: <5722.1295146601@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-Archives-Salt: 840e5852-fe00-4c51-b01c-16fc0a485a95 X-Archives-Hash: 5084874a5dae2b32c09bbf8deda1fcc3 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:34 PM, wrote: > > Hi. =A0I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 > > and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to > > modprobe the module. =A0I could not find a bug anywhere -- is this a too > > recent kernel for him? > > > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. =A0You're going to lose it. =A0The question = is: > > How do > > you spend it? > > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 John Covici > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 covici@ccs.covici.com >=20 > What error? What nvidia device? >=20 > I'm running 2.6.37 here with nvidia-drivers so it can basically work. >=20 > k2 ~ # uname -a > Linux k2 2.6.37-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 9 10:38:01 PST 2011 > x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > k2 ~ # eix -Ic nvidia > [I] media-video/nvidia-settings (260.19.29@12/19/10): NVIDIA Linux X11 > Settings Utility > [I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (260.19.29@01/09/11): NVIDIA X11 driver > and GLX libraries > [1] "pentoo" /var/lib/layman/pentoo >=20 > Found 2 matches. > k2 ~ # lspci | grep VGA > 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce > 9500 GT] (rev a1) > k2 ~ # Here is my nvidia drivers version: Installed versions: 260.19.29!s(09:14:27 PM 01/15/2011)(acpi gtk kernel_linux -custom-cflags -multilib) I am using gentoo-x86 and the card is 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400 GS] (rev a1) and I get invalid argument when I use the command modprobe nvidia Thanks for your quick response. --=20 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