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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:58:01
Message-Id: 4D33A1C8.3000801@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] invalid argument when trying to modprobe nvidia module by Peter Humphrey
1 Peter Humphrey wrote:
2 > On Sunday 16 January 2011 12:13:54 Adam Carter wrote:
3 >
4 >
5 >> The no kernel config error sounds more like you havent done make
6 >> oldconfig/menuconfig whatever to create the .config file.
7 >>
8 > In fact that isn't it. I've copied the .config from /boot, run make
9 > oldconfig, compiled the kernel and copied it to /boot. Still nvidia-
10 > drivers won't compile, apparently because /usr/src/linux points to a
11 > kernel other than the running one.
12 >
13 >
14
15 I haven't rebooted yet but I did point the symlink to the new kernel. I
16 can emerge nvidia here with no problems. It noticed it was pointing to
17 the new kernel and installed them correctly. I'll reboot here in a bit
18 and see what happens.
19
20 Dale
21
22 :-) :-)

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