2.6.7-rc1 kernel and nvidia

Skain · n00b Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 27

I have gotten the 2.6.7-rc1 kernel and set it up on 2 different machienes, both of which had accelerated nvidia graphics on all previous kernels. I have tried emergeing nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx after I upgraded, and it still does not seem to work, but it will work with the normal nv driver. Anybody have any advice on what I might have done wrong, or anyone else have the same problem?

moocha · Watchman Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5722

Don't enable the 4K kernel stacks option.
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_Nomad_ · Guru Joined: 11 Apr 2003 Posts: 571

I'm not having any problems at all with nvidia and 2.6.7-rc1... ohh.. and be sure to use the updated ebuild... if you haven't synced in a week or so...

Skain · n00b Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 27

Ok, so I did an emerge sync and then tried emerging nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx again. Then I ran a modules-update and and opengl-update nvidia. I also made sure that I had not turned on the 4k stacking. I also changed the driver in my XF86config file to "nvidia" and it still does not work. Anybody see anything that could be wrong with it?

moocha · Watchman Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5722

What version of the NVidia kernel driver are you using? 4496 and older won't work, that's almost certain.
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t_2199 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 146

Are you using UDEV ? If yes then execute the /sbin/NVmakedevices.sh file before starting X

moocha · Watchman Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5722

That's an idea, but it normally shouldn't be necessary - that's what the sysfs patch portage applies is for...
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Skain · n00b Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 27

Well I was using 4496, but I'm having problems getting 5336 to work either. When I startx, it gives me an error that says that it failed to insert the nvidia module because it is not a vaild format and then has the filename as (nvidia.ko).