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From: massi ppp <massi.prosperi@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.8.11 nvidia trouble [solved]
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 03:20:28
Message-Id: CABHuLZK08utnBv5r3zipcXn1kmeoyJ-mYZXcuaGmNVV=1fpnbw@mail.gmail.com
1 solved;
2
3 there was a problem with gcc; genkernel; and some other package. ( too old)
4
5 driver now compile successful.
6
7 On Dec 10, 2016 1:40 PM, "Fernando Rodriguez" <cyklonite@×××××.com> wrote:
8
9 > On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 01:00:58PM +0100, massi ppp wrote:
10 > > hello
11 > >
12 > > i' m try to install nvidia-drivers latest on gentoo 4.8.11 gcc compiler
13 > 5.4.
14 > >
15 > > i've compiled kernell with genkernell, the driver has compiled, but not
16 > > work because kernel conflict, i recompiled the same kernel following the
17 > > istruction on handbook, but when i try to emerge nvidia driver portage
18 > fail
19 > > to compile.
20 >
21 > Then post the error that you're getting and the output of the
22 > pre-emerge checks.
23 >
24 > If you build your kernel with genkernel it *should* work. You probably
25 > just had to blacklist the free drivers to resolve the "kernel conflict".
26 > So maybe start over with a fresh genkernel and try that.
27 >
28 > >
29 > > i try also to find the problem to add or remove graphics and firmware
30 > > correlated features by menuconfig, and recompliling kernel.
31 > >
32 > > the result is:
33 > > the module nvidia.ko missing some value:
34 > >
35 > > lib/modules/4.8.11-gentoo/video.ko needs unknown symbol:
36 >
37 > That's expected if you didn't recompile the drivers. It means that one of
38 > the features you disabled was used by the driver module. Also make sure
39 > you remove the /lib/modules/4.8.11-gentoo directory before reinstalling
40 > your kernel modules as it looks like video.ko is not supposed to be
41 > there. Maybe you disabled that feature but the modules is still there
42 > from your previous build.
43 >
44 > --
45 > Fernando Rodriguez
46 >
47 >