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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> I can't seem to find an nvidia driver version that works with a |
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> PCI FX5200. Versions later >= 173.15 don't support the 5200 |
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> series. I tried several 173.14.xx versions, and they all build |
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> and the nvidia module loads, but Xorg dies with an illegal |
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> instruction signal when it starts. (Xorg runs fine with the |
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> "nv" driver.) I'm trying the 100.14.19 driver, but so far, I |
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> can't get it to compile. I've tried 2.6.27 and 2.6.25 kernels, |
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> and the nvidia module fails to compile with them. I'm trying |
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> 2.6.24 next, but it takes so long to build kernels on a 400MHz |
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> box that the trail and error approach is pretty frustrating. |
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> Is there a database somewhere of what nvidia driver versions |
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> work with which kernel versions and which boards? |
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I have a FX5200 here and this works well. |
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root@smoker / # equery list nvidia |
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[ Searching for package 'nvidia' in all categories among: ] |
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* installed packages |
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[I--] [ ] media-video/nvidia-settings-169.07 (0) |
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[I--] [ ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09 (0) |
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root@smoker / # |
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root@smoker / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep nv |
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VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv" |
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root@smoker / # |
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You may have to mask the newer ones. They do not work with mine at |
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least. The last info is in make.conf. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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