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I was able to install nvidia-drivers while running gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r4 |
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using the ebuild posted here: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246425 |
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Mansour Al Akeel <mansour.alakeel@×××××.com> posted |
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> 49433267.1090205@×××××.com, excerpted below, on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:56:23 |
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> -0400: |
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> > In file included from |
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> > /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux- |
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> x86_64-173.14.09-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14: |
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> > /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux- |
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> x86_64-173.14.09-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:107:27: |
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> > error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory |
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> The arch-x86 (including 64-bit) header files were reorganized in kernel |
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> 2.6.27, and as that says, asm/semaphore.h (or more like asm-x86/ |
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> semaphore.h) no longer exists in .27. I won't install proprietaryware so |
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> no nvidia for me and no direct experience with it to help you with, but |
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> it's likely nVidia hasn't updated to take account of that yet (or if so |
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> it'd probably be with the newest drivers, which may not even be in |
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> portage yet let alone stable). |
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> You did mention switching your running kernel back to 2.6.26.x, which |
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> should work, but did you switch your kernel symlink back to it as well? |
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> If not, it's probably still pointing at the 2.6.27.x kernel, thus you'd |
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> still be getting the error. |
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> Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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> and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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