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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers-396.24-r1
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:21:54
Message-Id: 20180716052143.GT1980@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers-396.24-r1 by Davyd McColl
1 180709 Davyd McColl wrote:
2 > 180610 Philip Webb wrote:
3 >> I updated to the latest stable Nvidia-drivers-396.24-r1 ,
4 >> rebooted & 'startx' :
5 >> the result was an X error "No devices detected ... no screens found".
6 >> I updated to kernel 4.14.52-gentoo & tried Nvidia-drivers as above
7 >> with the same result ; downgrading to 390.67 got X working again.
8 > I have exactly the same kernel (4.14.52-gentoo) and nvidia-drivers
9 > (396.24-r1) and I don't experience this issue
10 > Perhaps this is specific to the card ? I have a 660ti.
11
12 I have ASUS GT610 , which is supported by Nvidia 396.18 :
13 https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/133571 .
14 NB they say '18' is beta & don't list '24' at all :
15 I'm not sure why it's marked stable by Gentoo.
16
17 > Have you checked that the nvidia module is even being loaded :
18 > 'lsmod | grep nvidia' ?
19
20 No problem loading the '390' driver : why would the '396' be different ?
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