Nvidia drivers suck.

Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

So, I upgraded my kernel (quite the process in itself) and re-emerged nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx. I restarted and got the nice little familiar login screen. I then decided to install the necessary components required to create a Linux Wifi hotspot. (Not really a priority at this point...) I entered "emerge ipw2200" and it said that I needed to alter some settings in my kernel. Namely, I should disable kernel wifi support and enable kernel support for the MIC hash algorithm. I did this, recompiled the kernel, copied the kernel into /boot, and restarted. As I expected, it complained that it couldn't load the nvidia drivers. So, I re-emerged them.

This time, it said "FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r9/video/nvidia.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)"

Here's the relavent portion of dmesg:

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intgr · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 6:40 am Post subject: Re: Nvidia drivers suck.

kEiNsTeiN · Guru Joined: 29 Apr 2005 Posts: 361 Location: Germany

friend of mine and me had huge problems getting his ATI card to work, until we found out how-to, or the drivers came to support his chipset. You usually are on the save side with nvidia....
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Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

yabbadabbadont · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject:

What version of xorg are you using? There have been quite a few posts of problems with nvidia drivers and the newer(est) xorg release. Works fine for some and others never get it to work. Just as a sanity check, you might try using the nv driver to make sure that your X setup is OK.
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Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

dansehl · n00b Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 24

I had the same prob. I used XOrg latest unmasked. I got the newest binary from NVidia, used their installer - fixed it.

This is as of yesterday.

Hope that helps.
-Dan

Bobnoxous · Apprentice Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 240

I've had better luck with the binary drivers from Nvidia, than the open source ones. I've had some build issues, and when running mythtv, the OS drivers couldn't handle the mpeg video.

Maybe this has all been resolved now, but I don't have any moral issues with running nvidia's drivers, and they've just worked better for me. If you take this route, don't build the nvidia drivers in your kernel, of course.
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Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

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intgr · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: Re: Nvidia drivers suck.

Ghaleon · n00b Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 8

Thanks. I've been trying to get my radeon to work with hardware acceleration.

Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

Crap. So I'm SOL?

Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

Any idea how I can get 1024x768 resolution out of the "nv" driver?

Here's the relavent portion of xorg.conf:

Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

Any ideas? Please?

Hardware 3D acceleration can wait, if it must, but there's very little I wouldn't do right about now for 1024x768 resolution.

Phenax · l33t Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972

Oh, I didn't see your versioning error. I can probably help you fix BOTH of your problems if we can get an IM going on.

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The versioning error is most likely because you have a different kernel in /usr/src/linux than you are using to boot on. Make sure the kernel you are using is the one in /usr/src/linux, and when they match recompile nvidia-drivers.

nvidia-drivers has now taken over nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx, unmerge them and get nvidia-drivers.

Your resolution error may or may not be fixed by going to binary. I can help later if it doesn't work.

Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

Phenax · l33t Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972

I doubt it's the same version.
Think of it this way.

It wants module versioning. I've checked the source code.
If it wants module versioning, that means that it's detected that the running kernel is different than the kernel found in /usr/src/linux. (Or wherever it detected your kernel!!, maybe problem?)

Module versioning is when you can compile kernel modules for different kernels. Sure, you _Could_ enable it in your kernel and it'd probably work fine if you want to be lazy about it.

Let's put it this way.. Give me the results of

Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

Ok. I emerge --sync'd and emerge nvidia-drivers'd, and now, when it gives me the "setting up kdm" message on the first console, the screen goes completely black and the entire system becomes completely unresponsive. Just like I mentioned a few posts ago.

I'm going to contact you (Phenax) via IRC in just a moment. Give me a minute to wrap some stuff up, though.

edit: You made that post while I was typing this one.

Phenax · l33t Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972

Alright then, I was off IRC for a bit but I just got back on.

Anti-MS · n00b Joined: 22 Dec 2005 Posts: 30

Dang it. I've got some pressing obligations. I'll be back in a little while. Should be less than half an hour. If you're unable to help me in realtime by then, don't worry about it.

Thanks again.

Phenax · l33t Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 972

I'm a student on Summer break. I got nothing to do all day.

I'll most likely be on IRC still, if I don't reply that's because I'm playing Quake and I'll most likely reply shortly.