170109 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 01/09/2017 10:09 AM, Philip Webb wrote: >> I had a previous thread re Kernel 4.9.0 + Nvidia 375.26 (now stable). >> I tried recompiling that kernel with DRM disabled, >> & remerged Nvidia 375.26 , but X won't start. > The nvidia driver isn't "automatic". It's not used by X.Org by default. > X.Org only uses its own drivers by default. > For the nvidia driver, you need a conf file. > Something like this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/nvidia.conf: > http://pastebin.com/raw/0y3NMndp
I didn't need this with earlier versions of Nvidia-drivers, but I've copied your template & am willing to give it a try. It looks as if there are several lines which wouldn't fit my machine. > The nvidia driver has a tool to help with this too, > it's called `nvidia-xconfig`. It doesn't seem to be available on my machine : root:515 xorg.conf.d> which nvidia-xconfig which: no nvidia-xconfig in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin::/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:) root:517 xorg.conf.d> nvidia-xconfig bash: nvidia-xconfig: command not found Thanks to the others who replied. One asked for USE flags : here they are : root:518 xorg.conf.d> eix nvidia-drivers ... Installed versions: 361.28^msd{tbz2}([2017-01-09 02:41:57])(X driver gtk3 kms -acpi -multilib -pax_kernel -static-libs -tools -uvm KERNEL="linux -FreeBSD") Those are for the version which works & which I've had to restore, but I didn't change them for 375.26 . Further suggestions are very welcome. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca