2008/1/31, Daniel Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:18:40 +0100 > Pupino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > The init sequence here is saying something like: > > "udev is loading module nvidia...[OK]". > > It is in the very beginning and if remove xdm from the init the > nvidia module is still loaded although unused. So, you could try to > remove xdm from your init, reboot and check if nvidia is loaded. If it > is absent from the output of "lsmod" you could try to make it load > autamatically by: > > "echo nvidia >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6" > > ...or even better - check if there isn't something wrong with udev. > > Other than this, I'm running out of ideas. > > > -- > Best regards, > Daniel > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > >
udev loads correctly the nvidia module with and without xdm in the default runlevel I don't know what to think about this... -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
