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From: John Blinka <jblinka@××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] modular X, nvidia, and unresolved symbols
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:33:29
Message-Id: 44AFB1A8.6010108@neo.rr.com
1 Hi,
2
3 I've successfully upgraded to modular X on 4 machines without any
4 issues, but the 5th box is fighting me. The 5th box, a Dell Inspiron
5 8200, has an nvidia card, and I've used the proprietary nvidia
6 video drivers for years without problems. I've followed the
7 instructions in
8
9 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml
10 and
11 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
12
13 but X fails to start. The end of the Xorg.0.log file contains
14
15 (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
16 (II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
17 compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
18 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
19 Symbol fbWinPrivateIndex from module
20 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
21 Symbol fbWinPrivateIndex from module
22 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
23 Symbol fbWinPrivateIndex from module
24 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
25 Required symbol xf86InterpretEDID from module
26 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
27 Required symbol xf86PrintEDID from module
28 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
29 Symbol fbPictureInit from module
30 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
31 Symbol fbValidateGC from module
32 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
33 Symbol fbGCPrivateIndex from module
34 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
35 Symbol fbCreateGC from module /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
36 is unresolved!
37 Symbol fbCreateWindow from module
38 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
39 Symbol fbWinPrivateIndex from module
40 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
41 Symbol fbWinPrivateIndex from module
42 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
43 Symbol fbCloseScreen from module
44 /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
45
46 Fatal server error:
47 Some required symbols were unresolved
48
49
50 X works fine, although slowly, with the "nv" driver.
51
52 Any thoughts on what's going on?
53
54 John Blinka
55 --
56 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] modular X, nvidia, and unresolved symbols Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] modular X, nvidia, and unresolved symbols Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
[solved?] Re: [gentoo-user] modular X, nvidia, and unresolved symbols John Blinka <jblinka@××××××.com>