> >> > > I went back and looked at the nvidia driver guide on gentoo.org. There is > no mention of nvidia needing that. Should I tell the doc team so they can > mention that for others or is my machine a little unique? Since someone > else ran into it on the link you posted, it may be something that at least > needs a mention even tho it is not nvidia specific. > > Ideally it would be in the ebuild's kernel config checks. The Changelog mentions it; http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/ChangeLog?view=markup
But obviously its not in the ebuild you used.