Re: [gentoo-user] Can't build nvidia driver on older Dell

Have you seen this in the log :

	        echo "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";               \
        	echo "         include/generated/autoconf.h or 
include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
        	echo "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src 
to fix it."

Try what it says : Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix 
it.
Or try to reinstall the gentoo-sources and recompile the kernel



Le Sunday 26 December 2010 02:08:57, Walter Dnes a écrit :
>   I have an older Dell with AMD Athlon and nvidia integrated video that
> I've been using as a PVR hooked up to an HDHomerun dual tuner box.
> Today, I decided to update the system... big mistake... the nvidia
> driver will not build.  The video hardware according to "lspci -v" ...
>
> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE]
> (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device 0405
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
>         Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>         Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>         Memory at f9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>         [virtual] Expansion ROM at fa000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
>         Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>         Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>         Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
>         Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
>
> "uname -a" reports
> Linux e521 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 #1 Sat Dec 25 20:36:13 EST 2010 i686 AMD
> Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
> "emerge -pqv =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.31" reports
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.31  USE="-acpi
> -custom-cflags -gtk (-multilib)"
>
>   I've attached the build log.  Any workarounds, or are the nouveau or
> nv drivers polished enough that they can be used instead?