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On 28/10/2018 15:53, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> I updated to xorg-server-1.20.3 yesterday & ran into trouble. |
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> It wanted to update to nvidia-drivers-396.54 , |
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> which doesn't support my graphics card ( Asus GT610 : bought 150914 ) : |
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> there was an error msg in Xorg.0.log to this effect. |
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> I tried 390.67 (which I had been using before yesterday) |
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> & updating to 390.87 , but got errors with the latter |
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> "failed to initialise kernel module" (Xorg) |
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> & "nvidia : unknown symbol backlight_device_register" (kernel) ; |
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> 390.67 won't emerge with xorg-server-1.20.3 . |
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> So I'm back using Nouveau, which seems to work adequately for most things, |
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> but won't run 3D screensavers. |
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> Perhaps I should buy a more upto-date graphics card. |
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> Does anyone have comments or suggestions ? |
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The nvidia legacy GPU driver branch is a PITA to follow. You need to |
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somehow magically know yourself which x.org versions they support and |
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package.mask newer versions of xorg-server yourself. Nvidia does not |
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seem to document the xorg versions they support. At least I haven't |
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found the place they document it, if they do. |
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Right now, I would try to mask >=x11-base/xorg-server-1.20, do a: |
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emerge -auDN @world |
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then re-emerge the legacy nvidia driver and see if that helps. |
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