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-----Original Message----- |
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From: sean [mailto:rsh.lists@×××××××.net] |
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:13 PM |
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To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Xorg with nvidia driver problems |
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I followed the instructions to get the nvidia driver working on my |
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system here, but obviously since I am writing, it is giving me problems. |
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Information below, and thanks in advance for the help. |
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Sean |
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Here is the error when I try to start with the 'nvidia' driver. |
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(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! |
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(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** |
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(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" |
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(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. |
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Fatal server error: |
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no screens found |
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tardis sean # uname -a |
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Linux tardis 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 #4 SMP Thu Oct 27 14:26:00 EDT 2005 x86_64 |
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AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 246 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux |
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It's a problem between the 2.6.13 kernel's changes to udev and the nvidia |
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kernel module. |
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Thread from another user who experienced the problem. |
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http://www.usenetlinux.com/archive/topic.php/t-495527.html |
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The bug on it posted in Gentoo bugzilla: |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104369 |
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More info: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml |
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For me, updating the nvidia kernel and glx modules to more recent, though |
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masked as unstable, versions resolved the problem. There are other work |
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arounds and solutions in the above links. |
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HTH, |
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Bob Young |
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