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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia driver and genkernel above 4.9 issues
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:55:05
Message-Id: d933628b-d92b-97b9-107a-b9c839007b36@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia driver and genkernel above 4.9 issues by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 02/15/18 10:38, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 15/02/18 09:01, András Csányi wrote:
3 >> Hi All,
4 >>
5 >> I have a fresh gentoo install and it works fine with 4.9 kernel,
6 >> nvidia video card does its job like a charm. However, I compiled a
7 >> 4.15.3 kernel with the same setup
8 >
9 > As an nvidia user myself, I recommend sticking to an LTS (long-term
10 > support) kernel. At this time, this is the 4.14 series. It should result
11 > in the least amount of headaches.
12 >
13 >
14
15 Ditto recommending sticking to an LTS kernel. 4.9 and 4.14 are both LTS
16 kernel versions.
17
18 Bleeding edge kernels almost always have some sort of build issue with
19 the nvidia blob.
20
21 Dan