Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Vanilla linux 2.6.27.4 + nvidia drivers == problems
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:45:35
Message-Id: 200811031845.26642.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Vanilla linux 2.6.27.4 + nvidia drivers == problems by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Monday 03 November 2008 17:59:03 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I was using the vanilla linux kernel 2.6.27.4 from ftp.kernel.org.
5 > Compiling nvidia drivers 173.14.12 for this kernel fails.
6 > Compiling nvidia drivers 177.80 for this kernel results in
7 > non-functional X (black screen, nothing else, reboot necessary via
8 > CTRLALTDEL).
9 >
10 > According to lspci I am using a
11 > nVidia Corporation GeForce 7600 GT (rev a2)
12 > PCI card.
13 >
14 > Before posting dumps and logs
15 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
16 always do this. Otherwise you are just wasting the list member's time. Posting
17 errors and logs is not a waste of their time.
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22 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com