2008/1/31, Daniel Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:56:30 +0100 > Pupino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > All you have to do in order to get the proprietery nvidia drv > > > working is: > > > > > > 1) make sure the open src nvidia drv is not built in-kernel or as > > > kernel module: > > > > > > ======== > > > Location: > > > -> Device Drivers > > > -> Graphics support > > > -> Support for frame buffer devices (FB [=n]) > > > -> nVidia Framebuffer Support = [N] > > > ======== > > > > > > 2) emerge nvidia-drivers > > > 3) make sure /etc/X11/xorg.conf has >Driver "nvidia"<, not "nv" in > > > section "Device" > > > 4) eselect opengl set nvidia > > > > Thanks for the help Daniel, but what you say hasn't fixed my > > problem... I had framebuffer support in the kernel config, but not > > the nvidia fb support, I've tried to remove it at all, but still > > doesn't work... the other steps you have listed have already been > > done. In fact if I type /etc/init.d/xdm restart after boot the driver > > is loaded correctly and all works... > > > > Davide > > > No, AFAIK, only the open source "nv" frame buffer (FB) driver can't work > together with the driver from Nvidia. You can have another (e.g. VESA) > FB support along with the proprietary driver. > > Have you re-emerged "nvidia-drivers" after you recompiled the kernel? > If you use binary storage for the compiled packages, remove the > nvidia-drivers from there before emerging. I had such a problem: > portage extracts the backup package without really rebuilding the > driver (perhaps because it sees the same versions and USE flags). > > So, you could try: > > rm $PORTDIR/packages/All/nvidia* > emerge nvidia-drivers > eselect opengl nvidia > > > > -- > Best regards, > Daniel > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > >
Yes, i've got the vesa fb driver and not the nv one... fot the binary storage, I don't use that and however I've tried to recompile both xorg-server and nvidia-drivers... but without result... Thanks the same however! Davide -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
