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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver surprise
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:53:18
Message-Id: 20181028135305.GA1931@ca.inter.net
1 I updated to xorg-server-1.20.3 yesterday & ran into trouble.
2 It wanted to update to nvidia-drivers-396.54 ,
3 which doesn't support my graphics card ( Asus GT610 : bought 150914 ) :
4 there was an error msg in Xorg.0.log to this effect.
5 I tried 390.67 (which I had been using before yesterday)
6 & updating to 390.87 , but got errors with the latter
7 "failed to initialise kernel module" (Xorg)
8 & "nvidia : unknown symbol backlight_device_register" (kernel) ;
9 390.67 won't emerge with xorg-server-1.20.3 .
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11 So I'm back using Nouveau, which seems to work adequately for most things,
12 but won't run 3D screensavers.
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14 Perhaps I should buy a more upto-date graphics card.
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16 Does anyone have comments or suggestions ?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia driver surprise Andrew Udvare <audvare@×××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia driver surprise Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>