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From: Philipp Riegger <lists@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo MailingList <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:26:38
Message-Id: 4BD0361D-5607-4567-A3D6-93A163D583D5@anderedomain.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5 by Urs Schuetz
1 On Jul 5, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Urs Schuetz wrote:
2
3 >>> Check whether you have /dev/nvidia[0..9] and /dev/nvidiactl.
4 >>
5 >> I don't have them. But the kernel module is loaded. I'll have a look
6 >> at udev now.
7 >
8 > They are essential, you want them.
9 > From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml :
10 >
11 > Code Listing 3.2: Creating the nvidia device nodes
12 >
13 > # /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh
14 >
15 > If your /dev/nvidia devices are still missing every time you
16 > reboot, then it is most likely because udev is not
17 > automatically creating the proper device nodes. You can fix
18 > this by re-running NVmakedevices.sh, and then editing
19 > /etc/conf.d/rc as shown:
20 >
21 > Code Listing 3.3: Editing /etc/conf.d/rc
22 >
23 > RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="yes"
24 >
25 > This will preserve your /dev/nvidia nodes even if you reboot.
26
27 That solved my problem, thank you. I wonder why i never had problems
28 with this before.
29
30 Philipp
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-x11 7.0 does not work with nvidia-glx-1.0.7174-r5 Urs Schuetz <u.schutz@×××××××.ch>