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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] X won't start, says RmInitAdapter failed (nvidia drvs)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 11:27:25
Message-Id: 20011222112724.A27239@chiba.3jane.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] X won't start, says RmInitAdapter failed (nvidia drvs) by Dan Armak
1 On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 06:52:45PM +0200, Dan Armak wrote:
2 > Hi everyone,
3 >
4 > I have a Toshiba Satellite 3000-400 laptop w/ a GeForce2Go. I have tried
5 > kernels 2.4.14, 16 and 17 w/ drivers 1.0.1541 with and without the devfs pach
6 > and 1.0.2314 and they all exhibit this problem (I havent' tried all
7 > combinations, but most of them).
8
9 [snip]
10
11 > Any advice, pointers?
12
13 Try using:
14
15 # modprobe NVdriver NVreg_Mobile=4
16
17 Oh -- and if your kernel is being compiled for "Pentium III", you may want to
18 upgrade to binutils-2.11.90.0.31, do a make clean in you kernel directory, and
19 reinstall the kernel, modules and media-gfx/nvidia.
20
21 Best Regards,
22
23 --
24 Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>
25 Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org
26 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.

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