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From: "Pintér Tibor" <tibyke@××××××.hu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't build nvidia driver on older Dell
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:07:06
Message-Id: 4D1750A5.80806@tibyke.hu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Can't build nvidia driver on older Dell by Walter Dnes
1 2010.12.26. 2:08 keltezéssel, Walter Dnes írta:
2 > I have an older Dell with AMD Athlon and nvidia integrated video that
3 > I've been using as a PVR hooked up to an HDHomerun dual tuner box.
4 > Today, I decided to update the system... big mistake... the nvidia
5 > driver will not build. The video hardware according to "lspci -v" ...
6 >
7 > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
8 > Subsystem: Dell Device 0405
9 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
10 > Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
11 > Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
12 > Memory at f9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
13 > [virtual] Expansion ROM at fa000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
14 > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
15 > Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
16 > Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
17 > Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel<?>
18 > Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting<?>
19 >
20 > "uname -a" reports
21 > Linux e521 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 #1 Sat Dec 25 20:36:13 EST 2010 i686 AMD
22 > Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
23 >
24 > "emerge -pqv =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.31" reports
25 > [ebuild R ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-195.36.31 USE="-acpi -custom-cflags -gtk (-multilib)"
26 >
27 > I've attached the build log. Any workarounds, or are the nouveau or
28 > nv drivers polished enough that they can be used instead?
29 >
30 resync and use the new version
31
32 t

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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't build nvidia driver on older Dell Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>