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From: Ian Bloss <ianlinkcd@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] major problem involving nvidia drivers, gnome and x
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:03:41
Message-Id: CADopNUfm94rODxbpAUbvmWi89oW497NQDRmTfnQ1y=0L7e2TEA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] major problem involving nvidia drivers, gnome and x by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 Did you do a emerge @module-rebuild after updating your kernel?
2
3 On Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 04:26 <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4
5 > Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
6 >
7 > > 160329 covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
8 > > > With 4.1.20 the nvidia drivers I am using get an invalid argument
9 > > > when trying to modprobe it. Its version 355.11-r4.
10 > > > If I try the latest version, I get modeset errors,
11 > > > although it stops giving me the invalid argument.
12 > >
13 > > I had a problem with 358 + 361 , but the solution was simple :
14 > > I have "-*" to start the list of USE flags in make.conf
15 > > -- yes, I know ... ! -- & there were 3 new USE flags
16 > > which I needed to set properly -- driver gtk3 kms -- to make it work.
17 > >
18 > > Check your Nvidia USE flags, just in case.
19 > >
20 > > HTH
21 > Thanks for your quick response.
22 >
23 > Version 358.16-r5 still gives invalid argument, with no driver use flag
24 > available and the latest version 361.28-r2 gives me modeset errors, so I
25 > am sort of stuck. The use flags you mentioned are all mandatory in that
26 > version.
27 >
28 >
29 > --
30 > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
31 > How do
32 > you spend it?
33 >
34 > John Covici
35 > covici@××××××××××.com
36 >
37 >

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