Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> writes:

> I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing)
> & compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ;
> there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below).
> After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars etc).
> I tried it with KDE 5 & with Fluxbox, but no difference :
> KDE couldn't start Plasma, but showed a few apps.
> There was a warning msg re Opengl, but nothing helpful.
>
> Previously & now again, everything is ok with Kernel 4.2.0-r1 + Nvidia 361.28.
>
> There are many kernel versions available & many Nvidia versions ;
> there are also many USE flags & many kernel options.
> Before I try permutating them all (smile), has anyone else had trouble here ?

4.4.6 and 375.26 seem to work fine here.


 * Found these USE flags for x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-375.26:
 U I
 + + X           : Install the X.org driver, OpenGL libraries, XvMC libraries, 
and VDPAU libraries
 - - acpi        : Add support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
 - - compat      : Install non-GLVND libGL for backwards compatibility
 + + driver      : Install the kernel driver module
 + + gtk3        : Install nvidia-settings with support for GTK+ 3
 + + kms         : Enable support for kernel mode setting (KMS)
 - - pax_kernel  : PaX patches from the PaX project
 - - static-libs : Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
 + + tools       : Install additional tools such as nvidia-settings
 - - uvm         : Install the Unified Memory kernel module (nvidia-uvm) for 
sharing memory between CPU and GPU in CUDA programs
 - - wayland     : Enable dev-libs/wayland backend


For kernel options, I followed the wiki.

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