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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> Dale, |
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> As far as I can tell I'm not having any problems. This machine was |
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> using a 2.6.28 kernel up until yesterday when I updated to 2.6.29-r4. |
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> The point I'm trying to make is that this old driver and all the |
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> kernels I have used up to now have all worked. |
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> I noticed that the machine does have the older C compile 4.1.2 on |
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> it and that's what most of the machine has been built with. I'm just |
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> starting to switch over to 4.3.2 which is why it's selected. This |
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> kernel and the version of nvidia-drivers I listed earlier compile on |
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> both for me. The one I used for this kernel/driver combo was 4.3.2/ |
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> gandalf ~ # gcc-config -l |
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> [1] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.1.2 |
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> [2] i686-pc-linux-gnu-4.3.2 * |
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> gandalf ~ # |
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> The VGA is older I think. 440 series. I suspect it's the one I put |
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> in 5-6 years ago. I don't remember whether we ever updated it: |
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> gandalf ~ # lspci | grep VGA |
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> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 |
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> MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev a2) |
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> gandalf ~ # |
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> In my case attempting to install anything newer results in a big |
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> emerge message telling me not to and suggesting this specific nvdia |
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> driver. |
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> gandalf ~ # lsmod |
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> Module Size Used by |
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> usblp 10140 0 |
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> uhci_hcd 18980 0 |
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> sbp2 19184 1 |
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> usbhid 21468 2 |
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> nvidia 4699324 0 |
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> i2c_nforce2 5828 0 |
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> ohci_hcd 20080 0 |
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> snd_intel8x0 25784 0 |
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> nvidia_agp 5704 1 |
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> snd_ac97_codec 90232 1 snd_intel8x0 |
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> ac97_bus 1316 1 snd_ac97_codec |
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> agpgart 25748 2 nvidia,nvidia_agp |
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> i2c_core 17564 2 nvidia,i2c_nforce2 |
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> ohci1394 25664 1 |
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> ehci_hcd 29380 0 |
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> ieee1394 66064 2 sbp2,ohci1394 |
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> gandalf ~ # |
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> gandalf ~ # modinfo nvidia |
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> filename: /lib/modules/2.6.29-gentoo-r4/video/nvidia.ko |
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> license: NVIDIA |
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> alias: char-major-195-* |
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> alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00* |
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> alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00* |
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> depends: agpgart,i2c-core |
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> vermagic: 2.6.29-gentoo-r4 preempt mod_unload K7 |
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> parm: NVreg_VideoMemoryTypeOverride:int |
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> parm: NVreg_EnableVia4x:int |
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> parm: NVreg_EnableALiAGP:int |
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> parm: NVreg_ReqAGPRate:int |
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> parm: NVreg_NvAGP:int |
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> parm: NVreg_EnableAGPSBA:int |
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> parm: NVreg_EnableAGPFW:int |
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> parm: NVreg_SoftEDIDs:int |
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> parm: NVreg_Mobile:int |
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> parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int |
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> parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int |
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> parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int |
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> parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int |
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> parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int |
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> parm: NVreg_FlatPanelMode:int |
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> parm: NVreg_DevicesConnected:int |
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> parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int |
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> parm: NVreg_RemapLimit:int |
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> parm: NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int |
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> parm: NVreg_DetectPrimaryVga:int |
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> parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp |
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> parm: NVreg_VbiosFromROM:int |
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> parm: NVreg_EnableBrightnessControl:int |
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> parm: NVreg_PanelPWMFrequency:int |
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> parm: NVreg_PanelBrightnessLimits:int |
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> parm: NVreg_RMEdgeIntrCheck:int |
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> parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int |
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> parm: NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int |
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> gandalf ~ # |
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> - Mark |
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I suspect that this is a difference between our drivers. Yours will |
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build with the newer kernels where mine doesn't for some reason. I did |
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google the error and it is reported by a lot of others as well. I can't |
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recall the exact error at the moment but it couldn't find something to |
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do with the kernel. What I read was that something moved that nvidia |
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looks for during the install. |
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Now that I have upgraded a bit, I may give some other versions a try |
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again. I'm going to try the ones I already have downloaded tho. It |
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takes hours to download anything on dial-up. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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