Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:02:59
Message-Id: 20120323202058.ae46b674.frank.peters@comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers by Mark Knecht
1 On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:28:20 -0700
2 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > NVidia release 295.33 last night. It's in portage this morning as
5 > of an hour or two ago. The release notes on NVidia's site don't
6 > specifically say anything about the 3.3 kernel but possibly it will
7 > fix your problems with vanilla-sources?
8 >
9
10 The gentoo package changelog for nvidia does mention the problem and
11 refers to bug #408841 at bugs.gentoo.org.
12
13 As described in the URL that you provided in response to my original
14 post, the culprit is the location of the generated include files
15 in kernel 3.3.0. A simple patch fixes the problem.
16
17 With gentoo there are so many places to ask questions -- mailing
18 lists, forums, and bug sites -- that I am not sure know where to go
19 for help first.
20
21 Frank Peters