On 01/10/2017 10:46 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > 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
I can't remember the specific name of it, had to do with ?OpenCL? or ?CUDA? Other posters on this list using "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" could tell you exactly why. I should have saved those e-mails, but didn't. :( ----------------------------- The link has the whole list all libs && utilities that are built / installed. Reference / Doc Link : ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/375.26/README/README.txt
