[gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: nvidia-guide.xml

[Josh Saddler]

nightmorph    06/03/05 12:02:59

  Modified:             nvidia-guide.xml
  Log:
  Added more nVidia troubleshooting info for bug 117950

Revision  Changes    Path
1.26                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml

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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml.diff?r1=1.25&r2=1.26&cvsroot=gentoo

Index: nvidia-guide.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.25
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.25 -r1.26
--- nvidia-guide.xml	4 Mar 2006 06:35:31 -0000	1.25
+++ nvidia-guide.xml	5 Mar 2006 12:02:59 -0000	1.26
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.25 2006/03/04 06:35:31 fox2mike Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.26 2006/03/05 12:02:59 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
 <guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml">
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.21</version>
-<date>2006-03-04</date>
+<version>1.22</version>
+<date>2006-03-05</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Introduction</title>
@@ -493,6 +493,31 @@
 # <i>/sbin/NVmakedevices.sh</i>
 </pre>
 
+<p>
+If your <path>/dev/nvidia</path> devices are still missing every time you
+reboot, then it is most likely because udev is not automatically creating the
+proper device nodes. You can fix this by re-running <c>NVmakedevices.sh</c>,
+and then editing <path>/etc/conf.d/rc</path> as shown:
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Editing /etc/conf.d/rc">
+RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="yes"
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+This will preserve your <path>/dev/nvidia</path> nodes even if you reboot.
+</p>
+
+<note>
+Alternatively, you might try emerging the latest <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and
+<c>nvidia-glx</c> from the 8xxx series. At the time of this writing, both are
+still marked ~arch. These drivers no longer rely on hotplug or udev to create
+the proper device nodes, so you won't need to run <c>NVmakedevices.sh</c>.
+Instead, the X driver itself will create your <path>/dev/nvidia</path> files
+when you start X. However, this will require you to use a recent kernel (2.6.14
+and greater).
+</note>
+
 </body>
 </section>
 </chapter>



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