Re: [gentoo-user] major problem involving nvidia drivers, gnome and x

I did and nvidia was installed, but modprobe nvidia in this kernel says
invalid argument.

Ian Bloss <ianlinkcd@×××××.com> wrote:

> Did you do a emerge @module-rebuild after updating your kernel?
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016, 04:26 <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote:
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> > Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote:
> >
> > > 160329 covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
> > > > With 4.1.20 the nvidia drivers I am using get an invalid argument
> > > > when trying to modprobe it.  Its version 355.11-r4.
> > > > If I try the latest version, I get modeset errors,
> > > > although it stops giving me the invalid argument.
> > >
> > > I had a problem with 358 + 361 , but the solution was simple :
> > > I have "-*" to start the list of USE flags in  make.conf
> > > -- yes, I know ... ! -- & there were  3  new USE flags
> > > which I needed to set properly --  driver gtk3 kms  -- to make it work.
> > >
> > > Check your Nvidia USE flags, just in case.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > Thanks for your quick response.
> >
> > Version 358.16-r5 still gives invalid argument, with no driver use flag
> > available and the latest version 361.28-r2 gives me modeset errors, so I
> > am sort of stuck.  The use flags you mentioned are all mandatory in that
> > version.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > you spend it?
> >
> >          John Covici
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> >
> >
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