Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Joerg Gollnick <gentoo102004@×××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Nvidia problem
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 05:50:26
Message-Id: 200507270748.10958.gentoo102004@joerg.in-berlin.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Nvidia problem by Mark
1 Am Mittwoch 27 Juli 2005 04:28 schrieb Mark:
2 > I think I've done my due diligence on this prior to asking, and have
3 > found several posting in the forums on the issue, but the suggestions
4 > haven't worked so far.
5 >
6 > After emerge nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx, which completes without
7 > error, I try modprobe nvidia. It fails with the following:
8 >
9 > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
10 > (/lib/modules/2.6.12-gentoo-r6/video/nvidia.ko): No such device
11 >
12 > I've tried all the suggestions I could find, including checking for
13 > framebuffer settings in the kernel, making sure my processor is
14 > specified correctly in the kernel, etc. I even tried the unstable
15 > driver version by putting the lines in package.keywords.
16 >
17 > Any idea what could be wrong?
18 > Thanks!
19 > --
20 > Mark
21 > [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own]
22 >
23 > --
24 > gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list
25 >
26 >
27 Hello Mark,
28 what is the dmesg output after you try to load the module?
29 Your error message seem to be related to an initialisation error for your
30 nvidia card. (nv.c return -ENODEV)
31 What is the output of lspci | grep nVidia?
32 Best reagrds Jörg
33
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Nvidia problem "Michal Žeravík" <michalz@×××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Nvidia problem Jeremy Huddleston <eradicator@g.o>