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From: Michael <mycroes@××××××.nl>
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Cc: "gentoo-hardened@l.g.o" <gentoo-hardened@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] xorg/nv woes
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 22:24:09
Message-Id: 41B23901.6060206@zonnet.nl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-hardened] xorg/nv woes by bbruce
1 Hey Brian,
2
3 Though I'm not using hardened myself, I think I figured out
4 the problem... The driver should probably not be nv but
5 nvidia... Might wanna give that a try.
6 Greetings,
7
8 Michael
9
10 bbruce wrote:
11
12 >BTW:
13 >
14 >Yes, I've tried going back to 6.8.0-r1, with NO success either.
15 >Unfortunately, I have deleted the "patch" that I used before, and it
16 >appears to have been "updated" since - no longer providing the success I
17 >previously experienced - if in fact I found the correct patch the second
18 >time. Compiling STATIC is not really an option because I would like to
19 >use XF4VNC on :0, which is not possible when statically compiled. The
20 >other major updates that occurred while I was on vacation where several
21 >kernel updates r9 to r16, binutils updated to 2.15.0.94-1, gcc updated
22 >to 3.4.3-branch, glibc updated to the Nov. version of 2.3.4.
23 >
24 >Brian.
25 >
26 >
27 >On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 17:24, bbruce wrote:
28 >
29 >
30 >>Sorry Nick,
31 >>
32 >>Here we go,
33 >>
34 >>I had xorg 6.8.0-r1 working with the NV driver, or there was a "patch"
35 >>floating around that worked to get the nvdia driver working - I was
36 >>actually able to get both up and running - then I went on holidays.
37 >>When I came back, the next update I did, updated me to xorg-6.8.0-r3.
38 >>and now X won't load - period. It gets killed by pax when attempting
39 >>the nvidia-kernel/nvidia glx drivers (which really aren't needed in my
40 >>case), and I get the always memorable
41 >>
42 >>(II) LoadModule: "nv"
43 >>(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
44 >>dlopen: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so: undefined symbol:
45 >>vgaHWUnmapMem
46 >>(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
47 >>
48 >>error when attempting the nv module (yes, after rmmod'ing nvidia).
49 >>
50 >>I remember there was a web page/site that had instructions on how to
51 >>"manually load" in the xorg.conf file all the "missing" files, but I
52 >>can't find that hint around anywhere now.
53 >>
54 >>I'm running a standard gentoo-hardened with the following "development"
55 >>versions:
56 >>
57 >>sys-kernel/linux26-headers ~x86
58 >>sys-apps/portage ~x86
59 >>sys-apps/coldplug ~x86
60 >>sys-apps/hotplug ~x86
61 >>sys-devel/gcc ~x86
62 >>sys-devel/binutils ~x86
63 >>sys-devel/binutils-config ~x86
64 >>sys-libs/libstdc++-v3 ~x86
65 >>sys-libs/glibc ~x86
66 >>
67 >>Thanks in advance for any help offered.
68 >>
69 >>Brian.
70 >>
71 >>
72 >>On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 16:36, Ned Ludd wrote:
73 >>
74 >>
75 >>>On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 15:07, B.G. Bruce wrote:
76 >>>
77 >>>
78 >>>>Has anyone had success with xorg-6.8.0-r3 and the nv drivers? If so,
79 >>>>how? I've followed the instructions from
80 >>>>http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/hardenedxorg.xml, but still can't
81 >>>>get it to work.
82 >>>>
83 >>>>
84 >>>Brian,
85 >>>You have to be more descriptive of the problem you having before anybody
86 >>>can make comments or offer suggestions.
87 >>>
88 >>>random comment 90% of all xorg problems are solved with USE=static
89 >>>
90 >>>
91 >>>
92 >>>>--
93 >>>>gentoo-hardened@g.o mailing list
94 >>>>
95 >>>>
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99 >>
100 >>
101 >>
102 >
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106 >
107 >
108 >

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