On January 10, 2017 5:31:19 PM GMT+01:00, Corbin Bird <corbinb...@charter.net> wrote: > >On 01/10/2017 04:22 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On January 10, 2017 10:01:12 AM GMT+01:00, Philip Webb ><purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: >>> 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. >> Add the "tools" USE flag to get nvidiasettings and similar. >> >> Am going to try a later version of drivers and kernel myself later. >> >> -- >> Joost >You might want to add "static-libs" to the use flags as well. Another >useful utility gets built by it.
Which one would that be? I would not expect any tools or utilities to be added when selecting static libraries. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
