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Actually, I wanted to ask a some what unrelated question as well: I've |
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heard it's possible to update kernel without rebooting, and while I'm |
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not sure of the advisability, I'm getting things to work here and I'd |
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like to not have to reboot my computer so many times. Besides, it just |
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sounds cool. Could someone tell me how to do it? |
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-Peter |
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On 5/19/07, Peter Davoust <worldgnat@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Ok, so I just did a fresh install of 2007.0. I used the same method as |
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> before (networkless install and then configured sources from |
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> kernel.org), to get my system running again. It crashes far less |
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> often, but still has a little trouble with compiling linux sources |
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> (that was while using the livecd kernel). However, I'm writing you |
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> from the machine in question, so that's a good sign. I'll mess with it |
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> and emerge some stuff, try 2.6.20 vanilla-sources and let you know how |
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> it goes. I'm also going to try the Linux drivers from the nvidia |
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> website. While I trust Gentoo, I'm sure NVidia is more up to date. I |
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> don't think I enabled the in-kernel nvidia drivers, so I should be |
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> fine. |
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> |
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> -Peter |
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> |
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> On 5/15/07, david <abbottdavid@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > Isidore Ducasse wrote: |
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> > > le Tue, 15 May 2007 19:58:40 +0100 |
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> > > Antoine Martin <antoine@××××××××××.uk> a écrit: |
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> > > |
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> > > |
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> > >>> Try running a later or earlier |
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> > >>> driver, if it's an nvidia or ati. If it's not then you'll need to try |
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> > >>> a different version of Xorg. |
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> > >>> |
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> > >> IIRC, there are issues with nvidia and framebuffer modes. |
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> > >> Try booting with vga=normal on the kernel command line. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Antoine |
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> > >> |
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> > > |
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> > > Yes, I use nvidia-drivers and udev keeps loading the nvidiafb LKM, which doesn't work since we've been presented. I even tried to update udev rules, moving the "nvidia*" rule to "nvidia", so that it would only load the private firmware, but in vain. |
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> > > |
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> > > Florent |
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> > > |
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> > From the guide; |
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> > |
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> > *Important: * For x86 and AMD64 processors, the in-kernel driver |
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> > conflicts with the binary driver provided by nVidia. If you will be |
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> > compiling your kernel for these CPUs, you must completely remove support |
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> > for the in-kernel driver as shown: |
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> > |
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> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Powered by Gentoo/Linux |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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