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On 15/12/10 09:26, Dale wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I ran into a problem yesterday and now that it is fixed, I wanted to |
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> mention it here to see if you think the docs need to mention this. This |
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> is a brief version. I built a new system that has a Nvidia card and a |
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> LG monitor. I could not get the GUI to work and the nvidia drivers to |
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> load properly. This is the relevant error: |
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> (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not |
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> found) |
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> The problem turned out to be that CONFIG_SYSVIPC was missing in the |
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> kernel. This is not just used by nvidia but it appears that at least in |
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> some cases nvidia needs that in the kernel. This is not mentioned on |
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> the nvidia driver docs page. I think it should be mentioned but it may |
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> also be needed somewhere else and someone may want to test if ATI needs |
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> the same option. |
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> I'll leave it up to the experts to decide where this should be. If it |
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> turns out that ATI needs this too, maybe it should be in the xorg |
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> configure section to cover both Nvidia and ATI. |
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> Let me know if you need more info. |
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> Thanks |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Hi dale, |
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if it isn't properly checked during emerge, you should file a bug for |
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that. There is a eclass which can check during build whether needed |
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flags are enabled or not. |
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Cheers justin |
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