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On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:34 PM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi. I am trying to use my unstable gentoo on kernel 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 |
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> and when I emerge nvidia-drivers, I get invalid argument when I try to |
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> modprobe the module. I could not find a bug anywhere -- is this a too |
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> recent kernel for him? |
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> Any assistance would be appreciated. |
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> -- |
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> Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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> How do |
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> you spend it? |
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> |
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> John Covici |
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> covici@××××××××××.com |
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What error? What nvidia device? |
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I'm running 2.6.37 here with nvidia-drivers so it can basically work. |
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k2 ~ # uname -a |
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Linux k2 2.6.37-gentoo #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 9 10:38:01 PST 2011 |
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x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux |
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k2 ~ # eix -Ic nvidia |
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[I] media-video/nvidia-settings (260.19.29@12/19/10): NVIDIA Linux X11 |
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Settings Utility |
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[I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers (260.19.29@01/09/11): NVIDIA X11 driver |
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and GLX libraries |
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[1] "pentoo" /var/lib/layman/pentoo |
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Found 2 matches. |
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k2 ~ # lspci | grep VGA |
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02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce |
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9500 GT] (rev a1) |
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k2 ~ # |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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