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 1OF6WM-000312-ML for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 20 May 2010 14:14:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA675E07FB; Thu, 20 May 2010 19:14:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com (mail-vw0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89DE4E07FB for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 19:14:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws10 with SMTP id 10so169271vws.40 for ; Thu, 20 May 2010 12:14:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=VyTkNSwgEDVQjAnQP07bhVhjhVxX1Oc+r4QEfCRj9Lg=; b=gcYiewX4qYgGEjQilv+V2PgDzPuwUNi2s1+cnxFqUceXsCOWgkmFPXRYq0TXVsXyKI +e93JahPE3ytGvjGfH+O5XnCRLDvFVJ//HUL/CE6Hy6sUEwkOMzBnSpBVHw6pEA9XKIW o7mbIFZ8tAvktXnI9l0ThuOaiqyp78xuWN5hA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oLHv32er9a8t8ox+TAeQH/aLNEvhVXs/fIb3dwMmkpBDgnHUzbkYS5xkRxU4322Jpk PXg6gqdmmyzyUy8WDX5F57XTOuMsenL+jZoEbu46rEY/R2fmIeotDsBRJxLdrcgw4Bjz UPIKenXvXlHkmxDYgogqPDjzJGvHm4E5ciwAo= 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 Received: by 10.220.157.136 with SMTP id b8mr390558vcx.30.1274382855120; Thu, 20 May 2010 12:14:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.86.198 with HTTP; Thu, 20 May 2010 12:14:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201005202059.57267.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <201005202059.57267.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 12:14:15 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nouveau-drm compile failure From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f321f341-a601-4ba1-91c0-0b4f0fdaff68 X-Archives-Hash: cd8ac3e8c53f5f4237dc55651973e6f6 >> > I'm trying to compile nouveau-drm for my Nvidia 8400GS video card, but >> >> > compilation fails: >> I don't think you should be using nouveau-drm in the first place. =A0Thi= s >> driver is now in the kernel itself. =A0nouveau-drm was used before that >> driver moved into the Linux kernel together with the other DRM drivers. >> >> Also, as a consequence, trying to use nouveau-drm means you're getting >> an outdated driver, since AFAIK the updates happen in-kernel now. > > There's an API break between the nouveau driver and the drm in 2.6.3[23] = (not > completely sure about the versions) > > Hence the workaround of nouveau-drm > > Hopefully it will be *very* temporary Have you installed nouveau-drm? If so, do you get kernel config warnings during the emerge? - Grant