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.
