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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:04 pm    Post subject: noob question - current kernel config Reply with quote

Hi All, new to gentoo.

I have installed the stage 3 tarball from the liveCD, but I am unable to get X server working - it chokes on the 'GLcore' module. My first plan of attack will be to set up my NVIDIA graphics card according to the Gentoo Linux nVidia guide.

My question is this - is it possible to look at the current kernel configuration without actually compiling a new one? I would like to compile my own kernel eventually, but I would like to get a basic system up and running first.

Thanks


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

silverblue,

Welcome to Gentoo.

Stage 3 does not include Xorg, so you must have done quite a bit more than just the stage 3 install.
If you used the liveCD kernel, its config can be read at /proc/config.gz. However its a fully modular one size fits all kernel.
When you make your own kernel, its a very bad place to start.

What command fails?

What error message do you get ?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Neddy!

Unfortunately the computer is at home and I am at work right now, but the message that I got was:

Code:

 
dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so: undefined symbol: __glXLastContext
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so
(II) UnloadModule: "GLcore"
(EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (loader failed, 7)




But from what I gather, I should be using the nVidia GLX libraries instead of the GLcore modules anyway (right?), which is covered under the nVidia guide... so I hope that will solve the problem.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

silverblue,

Run
Code:
emerge --info
In the USE section, is opengl present ?
If not, edit /etc/make.conf, add it to your USE= there, then run
Code:
 emerge world -N
so it takes effect.
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