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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] major problem involving nvidia drivers, gnome and x
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:43:16
Message-Id: 20160329074301.GB1274@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] major problem involving nvidia drivers, gnome and x by covici@ccs.covici.com
1 160329 covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
2 > With 4.1.20 the nvidia drivers I am using get an invalid argument
3 > when trying to modprobe it. Its version 355.11-r4.
4 > If I try the latest version, I get modeset errors,
5 > although it stops giving me the invalid argument.
6
7 I had a problem with 358 + 361 , but the solution was simple :
8 I have "-*" to start the list of USE flags in make.conf
9 -- yes, I know ... ! -- & there were 3 new USE flags
10 which I needed to set properly -- driver gtk3 kms -- to make it work.
11
12 Check your Nvidia USE flags, just in case.
13
14 HTH
15
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