Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-kernel does not load in 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 (unknown symbols)

[Jules Colding]

On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 14:01 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 13:48:00 +0100, Jules Colding wrote:
>
> > nvidia-kernel fails to load in 2.6.14-gentoo-r2. "/var/log/messages"
> > below.
>
> > ############### emerge --info #################
> > omc-2 ~ # emerge --info
> > Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4,
> > glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 x86_64)
> > =================================================================
> > System uname: 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 252
>
> You're not running 2.6.14-gentoo-r2.

I was. I rebooted into 2.6.13 to ease cut'n paste. 

But I double-checked anyway and nvidia still has unknown symbols in the
latest kernel. I have attached the emerge output from the nvidia build
and the emerge info from that session too.

Best regards,
  jules


> if /usr/src/linux is symlinked to
> anything but the running kernel, you may experience problems. that's why
> I always reboot into a new kernel before re-emerging nvidia-kernel,
> which works fine with 2.6.14-gentoo-r2 here.
>
> If you don't want the hassle of logging into a console, emerging
> nvidia-kernel and starting X when booting into a new kernel, put this
> in /etc/conf.d/local.start, on a single line
>
> lsmod | grep --quiet nvidia  || (AUTOCLEAN="no" FEATURES="-sandbox" emerge --oneshot nvidia-kernel && modprobe -v nvidia && /etc/init.d/xdm stop zap start)
>
>