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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 02:30:38
Message-Id: 4D33A969.7010100@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module by Dale
1 Dale wrote:
2 > Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 >> On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make
6 >>> oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file.
7 >> In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make
8 >> oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia-
9 >> drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a
10 >> kernel other than the running one.
11 >>
12 >
13 > I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel.
14 > I can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing
15 > to the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a
16 > bit and see what happens.
17 >
18 > Dale
19 >
20 > :-) :-)
21 >
22
23 OK. I just rebooted. When I booted, xdm started and the nvidia drivers
24 worked fine. I was still running the old kernel when I built the new
25 one. Peter, you got something weird going on with your system?
26
27 Dale
28
29 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>