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 1PeIgV-0005aT-Ul for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:49:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70EB5E07B5; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:48:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1EBE07B5 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:48:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so4953261wyf.40 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:48:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=q/J7YfNKNKRfPG+RRaLLLivPezk8DTHBTvUNegcorUs=; b=LjeqEKzuOQuuZctF3Q9kY144D4gG8uk7k9X6y8DDY/uPLeQwpMXpcPF+knGshjE9gp eleP6Nm0FeQCa1ThDBEbK1EFDTfzBDanLyWPoWErXjV8bVNOdauLDmlhinLLc1+5f/wJ ELtD57dxEW76CWa6uJ++Ylzj0hTj15AGxLyI8= 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=HnB+pUpjHFEHCpwA0BY41+BkAAWx49echYlm++g1dKsdOE3dtWqPqbATG/TUd2pdvq ri8xU7BK3xaxkmYU03l8GN0dxDZM+iI0rcLwMHz4EG+ooxtNSIYjlGCE3b+PW3zL8648 cISH7qCkxI1EVmF9NMRxELD33cuktIXlZLfc4= 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 10.216.25.202 with SMTP id z52mr1059401wez.14.1295146095435; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:48:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.16.21 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:48:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5309.1295145276@ccs.covici.com> References: <5309.1295145276@ccs.covici.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:48:15 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 24b75680-d225-409c-8274-70079cf1a772 X-Archives-Hash: 1022b706a4a81ec2a378d82034b18012 On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:34 PM, wrote: > Hi. =C2=A0I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r= 6 > and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to > modprobe the module. =C2=A0I could not find a bug anywhere -- is this a t= oo > recent kernel for him? > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > -- > Your life is like a penny. =C2=A0You're going to lose it. =C2=A0The quest= ion is: > How do > you spend it? > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 John Covici > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 covici@ccs.covici.com What error? What nvidia device? I'm running 2.6.37 here with nvidia-drivers so it can basically work. 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 Found 2 matches. k2 ~ # lspci | grep VGA 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1) k2 ~ # Cheers, Mark