Re: [gentoo-user] major problem involving nvidia drivers, gnome and x

Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:

> 160329 covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
> > With 4.1.20 the nvidia drivers I am using get an invalid argument
> > when trying to modprobe it.  Its version 355.11-r4.
> > If I try the latest version, I get modeset errors,
> > although it stops giving me the invalid argument.
>
> I had a problem with 358 + 361 , but the solution was simple :
> I have "-*" to start the list of USE flags in  make.conf
> -- yes, I know ... ! -- & there were  3  new USE flags
> which I needed to set properly --  driver gtk3 kms  -- to make it work.
>
> Check your Nvidia USE flags, just in case.
>
> HTH
Thanks for your quick response.

Version 358.16-r5 still gives invalid argument, with no driver use flag
available and the latest version 361.28-r2 gives me modeset errors, so I
am sort of stuck.  The use flags you mentioned are all mandatory in that version.


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