RE: [gentoo-user] Re: New Install Problems with X

[KIM WHALEN]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:25 PM, walt wrote:

> On 01/05/2011 06:41 AM, KIM WHALEN wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:56 AM, walt wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/04/2011 08:10 AM, KIM WHALEN wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to do a new install on an amd64 box and there are a lot
>>>> of problems somewhere between X, Gnome, and the Graphics card. I'm
>>>> using genkernel so there shouldn't be too much of a problem there.
>>>>
>>>> The graphics card as identified by the system is: nVidia
>>>> Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE]
>>>>
>>>> The base system and xorg-x11 seems to be set up alright. However,
>>>> when I run startx as a regular
>>>> user I get errors about drm, dri, and dri2 modules and the screen.
>>>
>>> Those drm and dri error messages are normal when using the nvidia
>>> drivers, but the screen
>>> error is not normal. What does it say, exactly? Did you generate
>>> your xorg.conf by doing
>>> Xorg -configure? Are you using an xorg.conf file at all?
>>>
>>> The nouveau driver is not nearly ready for prime time yet, so I'd
>>> stick with nivida-drivers
>>> at least until you have everything else working.
>
>> I am not using the xorg.conf file
>
> That's fine for starters.  You may need to add one later if your mouse
> or keyboard don't work.
> (BTW, you need to emerge the xf86-input-evdev driver for the mouse and
> keyboard if you don't
> have an xorg.conf).
>
>> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jan 5 09:03:31 2011
>> List of video drivers:
>> nouveau
>> nvidia
>> FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
>> (/lib/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/video/nvidia.ko): No such device
>
> That's definitely a problem.  The "no such device" is a bit ambiguous.
> I'm thinking maybe
> the nouveau and nvidia drivers are fighting with each other, so
> neither one can get full
> control of the video hardware.
>
> IIRC, if you build the nouveau driver into your kernel, it *will*
> conflict with the nvidia
> kernel module.  I keep two different kernel config files, one with
> nouveau, and the other
> without nouveau for use with the nvidia.ko module.
>
> Definitely build a kernel without nouveau at least until you get
> everything else working --
> and then *re*emerge nividia-drivers after you boot the new kernel.
> (Compiling/installing
> a new kernel will delete all of your existing kernel modules including
> nvidia.ko!)

I already had the  xf86-input-evdev driver installed.  I could find 
anything to take out of the kernel, but added nVidia Framebuffer 
Support.
Device Drivers
  +> Graphics Support
          +> Support for Framebuffer Devices
                 +> nVidia Framebuffer Support

Then I "emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers".  That, unfortunately, didn't 
help; it failed to emerge and the output is below.
# emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29
>>> Failed to emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29, Log file:
>>>
>>> '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/temp/build.log'
>>> Jobs: 0 of 1 complete, 1 failed                 Load avg: 0.43,
>>> 0.13, 0.04
  * Package:    x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29
  * Repository: gentoo
  * Maintainer: cardoe@g.o jer@g.o,spock@g.o
  * USE:  amd64 elibc_glibc gtk kernel_linux multilib userland_GNU
  * Determining the location of the kernel source code
  * Found kernel source directory:
  *     /usr/src/linux
  * Found kernel object directory:
  *     /lib/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/build
  * Found sources for kernel version:
  *     2.6.36-gentoo-r5
  * Checking for MTRR support ...
  [ ok ]
  * ***** WARNING *****
  *
  * You are currently installing a version of nvidia-drivers that is
  * known not to work with a video card you have installed on your
  * system. If this is intentional, please ignore this. If it is not
  * please perform the following steps:
  *
  * Add the following mask entry to /etc/portage/package.mask by
  * echo ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.0.0" >> 
/etc/portage/package.mask
  *
  * Failure to perform the steps above could result in a non-working
  * X setup.
  *
  * For more information please read:
  * http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.29.run to
>>> /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/work
>>> Source unpacked in
>>> /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/work
>>> Preparing source in
>>> /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/work ...
  * Applying 256.35-unified-arch.patch ...
  [ ok ]
  * Converting /kernel/Makefile.kbuild to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
  [ ok ]
>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in
>>> /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/work ...
>>> Source configured.
>>> Compiling source in
>>> /var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/work ...
  * Preparing nvidia module
make -j2 HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc 
CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS= IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes V=1 
SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/build 
HOST_CC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module
Your kernel was configured to include nvidiafb support!

The nvidiafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please
reconfigure your kernel and *disable* nvidiafb support, then
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.

*** Failed nvidiafb sanity check. Bailing out! ***

make[1]: *** [build-sanity-checks] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
emake failed
  * ERROR: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 failed:
  *   Unable to emake HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc 
CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS=  IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes V=1 
SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux 		SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/build 
HOST_CC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module
  *
  * Call stack:
  *     ebuild.sh, line   56:  Called src_compile
  *   environment, line 4183:  Called linux-mod_src_compile
  *   environment, line 3084:  Called die
  * The specific snippet of code:
  *               eval "emake HOSTCC=\"$(tc-getBUILD_CC)\" 			 
CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- 						LDFLAGS=\"$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)\" 						 
${BUILD_FIXES} 		${BUILD_PARAMS} 						${BUILD_TARGETS} " || die "Unable 
to emake HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)" CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- 
LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)" ${BUILD_FIXES} ${BUILD_PARAMS} 
${BUILD_TARGETS}";
  *
  * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info 
=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29',
  * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv 
=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29'.
  * The complete build log is located at 
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/temp/build.log'.
  * The ebuild environment file is located at 
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/temp/environment'.
  * S: '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/work/'

  * Messages for package x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29:

  * ***** WARNING *****
  *
  * You are currently installing a version of nvidia-drivers that is
  * known not to work with a video card you have installed on your
  * system. If this is intentional, please ignore this. If it is not
  * please perform the following steps:
  *
  * Add the following mask entry to /etc/portage/package.mask by
  * echo ">=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.0.0" >> 
/etc/portage/package.mask
  *
  * Failure to perform the steps above could result in a non-working
  * X setup.
  *
  * For more information please read:
  * http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
  * ERROR: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29 failed:
  *   Unable to emake HOSTCC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc 
CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS=  IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes V=1 
SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux 		SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/build 
HOST_CC=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module
  *
  * Call stack:
  *     ebuild.sh, line   56:  Called src_compile
  *   environment, line 4183:  Called linux-mod_src_compile
  *   environment, line 3084:  Called die
  * The specific snippet of code:
  *               eval "emake HOSTCC=\"$(tc-getBUILD_CC)\" 			 
CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- 						LDFLAGS=\"$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)\" 						 
${BUILD_FIXES} 		${BUILD_PARAMS} 						${BUILD_TARGETS} " || die "Unable 
to emake HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)" CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- 
LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)" ${BUILD_FIXES} ${BUILD_PARAMS} 
${BUILD_TARGETS}";
  *
  * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info 
=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29',
  * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv 
=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29'.
  * The complete build log is located at 
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/temp/build.log'.
  * The ebuild environment file is located at 
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/temp/environment'.
  * S: '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-260.19.29/work/'