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 4.50) id 1ETW4d-0006Yl-Io for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:59:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9N2taAp020440; Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:55:37 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9N2q1kO018616 for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:52:01 GMT Received: from qproxy.gmail.com ([72.14.204.196]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ETW0k-0007yw-7a for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:55:02 +0000 Received: by qproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z1so131608qbc for ; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:55:02 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=IS+VNY0lclkO+FGollgZ06vDQhpV/b0M0ggw2XO3lIn73xox5PUr25r6Xxb9HAs8zEG8mhMe3xgz+DbmtkZ99J5mG/JBI/Ufhrij6V3y89oLX0uVXMNsUmY/oxUD3BZOuM1nBiiANa2QsyqJOcw6yWed2CopVup4KLdEBJhMvo0= Received: by 10.65.44.13 with SMTP id w13mr2507411qbj; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.199.5 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Oct 2005 19:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7bef1f890510221955w77192860o31564bf811b49e95@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:55:02 +1000 From: "Alan E. Davis" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Newcomer: Nvidia from GRP and MX4000 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_33314_5060703.1130036102067" X-Archives-Salt: 97dd0d52-4edf-4f6e-a89f-a9de0f2f5705 X-Archives-Hash: 183d068daaaac27a0043ff9de74485e6 ------=_Part_33314_5060703.1130036102067 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On AMD64 system with an MX 4000 video card. I have made it through an installation, installing everything from the Packages (GRP) disk. This has been a no-net install so far. Trying to configure Xorg, after installing nvidia-kernel driver and nvidia-glx. Xorg -configure then X -config /root/xorg.conf.new I also did "modprobe nvidia" I am receiving the message (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Then the process aborted. I haven't found (yet) any suggestions, except to install a newer version of the nvidia-kernel. I fear I will have to upgrade the whole system now, once I can get online, which may be days away. Thanks for any suggestions. Alan Davis -- ~/.signature ------=_Part_33314_5060703.1130036102067 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On AMD64 system with an MX 4000 video card. 

I have made it through an installation, installing everything from the Packages (GRP) disk.   This has been a no-net install so far.

Trying to configure Xorg, after installing nvidia-kernel driver and nvidia-= glx. 
    Xorg -configure
then
    X -config /root/xorg.conf.new

I also did "modprobe nvidia"

I am receiving the message

    (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel m= odule!

Then the process aborted.

I haven't found (yet) any suggestions, except to install a newer version of= the nvidia-kernel.

I fear I will have to upgrade the whole system now, once I can get online, = which may be days away.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Alan Davis





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