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On 01/10/2017 04:22 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On January 10, 2017 10:01:12 AM GMT+01:00, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> 170109 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>>> On 01/09/2017 10:09 AM, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>>>> I had a previous thread re Kernel 4.9.0 + Nvidia 375.26 (now |
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>> stable). |
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>>>> I tried recompiling that kernel with DRM disabled, |
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>>>> & remerged Nvidia 375.26 , but X won't start. |
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>>> The nvidia driver isn't "automatic". It's not used by X.Org by |
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>> default. |
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>>> X.Org only uses its own drivers by default. |
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>>> For the nvidia driver, you need a conf file. |
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>>> Something like this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf: |
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>>> http://pastebin.com/raw/0y3NMndp |
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>> I didn't need this with earlier versions of Nvidia-drivers, |
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>> but I've copied your template & am willing to give it a try. |
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>> It looks as if there are several lines which wouldn't fit my machine. |
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>> |
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>>> The nvidia driver has a tool to help with this too, |
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>>> it's called `nvidia-xconfig`. |
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>> It doesn't seem to be available on my machine : |
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>> |
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>> root:515 xorg.conf.d> which nvidia-xconfig |
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>> which: no nvidia-xconfig in |
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>> (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin::/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:) |
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>> root:517 xorg.conf.d> nvidia-xconfig |
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>> bash: nvidia-xconfig: command not found |
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>> |
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>> Thanks to the others who replied. One asked for USE flags : here they |
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>> are : |
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>> |
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>> root:518 xorg.conf.d> eix nvidia-drivers |
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>> ... |
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>> Installed versions: 361.28^msd{tbz2}([2017-01-09 02:41:57])(X driver |
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>> gtk3 kms -acpi -multilib -pax_kernel -static-libs -tools -uvm |
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>> KERNEL="linux -FreeBSD") |
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>> |
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>> Those are for the version which works & which I've had to restore, |
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>> but I didn't change them for 375.26 . |
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>> |
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>> Further suggestions are very welcome. |
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> Add the "tools" USE flag to get nvidiasettings and similar. |
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> |
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> Am going to try a later version of drivers and kernel myself later. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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You might want to add "static-libs" to the use flags as well. Another |
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useful utility gets built by it. |
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