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2008/1/31, Daniel Iliev <daniel.iliev@×××××.com>: |
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> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:56:30 +0100 |
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> Pupino <pupinux@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > All you have to do in order to get the proprietery nvidia drv |
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> > > working is: |
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> > > |
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> > > 1) make sure the open src nvidia drv is not built in-kernel or as |
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> > > kernel module: |
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> > > |
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> > > ======== |
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> > > Location: |
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> > > -> Device Drivers |
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> > > -> Graphics support |
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> > > -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=n]) |
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> > > -> nVidia Framebuffer Support = [N] |
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> > > ======== |
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> > > |
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> > > 2) emerge nvidia-drivers |
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> > > 3) make sure /etc/X11/xorg.conf has >Driver "nvidia"<, not "nv" in |
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> > > section "Device" |
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> > > 4) eselect opengl set nvidia |
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> > |
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> > Thanks for the help Daniel, but what you say hasn't fixed my |
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> > problem... I had framebuffer support in the kernel config, but not |
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> > the nvidia fb support, I've tried to remove it at all, but still |
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> > doesn't work... the other steps you have listed have already been |
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> > done. In fact if I type /etc/init.d/xdm restart after boot the driver |
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> > is loaded correctly and all works... |
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> > |
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> > Davide |
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> |
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> No, AFAIK, only the open source "nv" frame buffer (FB) driver can't work |
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> together with the driver from Nvidia. You can have another (e.g. VESA) |
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> FB support along with the proprietary driver. |
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> Have you re-emerged "nvidia-drivers" after you recompiled the kernel? |
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> If you use binary storage for the compiled packages, remove the |
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> nvidia-drivers from there before emerging. I had such a problem: |
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> portage extracts the backup package without really rebuilding the |
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> driver (perhaps because it sees the same versions and USE flags). |
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> So, you could try: |
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> rm $PORTDIR/packages/All/nvidia* |
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> emerge nvidia-drivers |
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> eselect opengl nvidia |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Daniel |
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> -- |
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Yes, i've got the vesa fb driver and not the nv one... |
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fot the binary storage, I don't use that and however I've tried to |
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recompile both xorg-server and nvidia-drivers... but without result... |
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Thanks the same however! |
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Davide |
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