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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia 295.59 driver on kernel 3.3.8
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:16:08
Message-Id: js7ark$i8b$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia 295.59 driver on kernel 3.3.8 by Alex Schuster
1 On 24/06/12 17:58, Alex Schuster wrote:
2 > Nikos Chantziaras writes:
3 >
4 >> On 24/06/12 13:49, Samuraiii wrote:
5 >>> Hello,
6 >>> yesterday I run emerge and run into problem with Nvidia 295.59 driver
7 >>> on kernel 3.3.8. >
8 >>> It won't compile (also broadcom-sta driver won't rebuild)
9 >>> [...]
10 >>> Linux-3.2.12-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T8300_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.1
11 >>
12 >> You're running 3.2.12. Your active kernel source is 3.3.8.
13 >>
14 >> This cannot work.
15 >
16 > Why not?
17 >
18 >> Either use 3.2.12 as your active source, or build a
19 >> 3.3.8 kernel.
20 >
21 > He has built 3.3.8 already, he is just not using it yet.
22
23 If it's built, then it should work. The OP didn't mention it, so I
24 assumed 3.3.8 was not built :-/
25
26 In that case, trying the latest driver (302.17) is the best option.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia 295.59 driver on kernel 3.3.8 Samuraiii <samurai.no.dojo@×××××.com>