Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

[J. Roeleveld]

On December 27, 2016 8:35:38 PM GMT+01:00, "J. Roeleveld"  
wrote:
>On December 27, 2016 4:23:06 PM GMT+01:00, Philip Webb
> wrote:
>>I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing)
>>& compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ;
>>there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below).
>>After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars
>>etc).
>>I tried it with KDE 5 & with Fluxbox, but no difference :
>>KDE couldn't start Plasma, but showed a few apps.
>>There was a warning msg re Opengl, but nothing helpful.
>>
>>Previously & now again, everything is ok with Kernel 4.2.0-r1 + Nvidia
>>361.28.
>>
>>There are many kernel versions available & many Nvidia versions ;
>>there are also many USE flags & many kernel options.
>>Before I try permutating them all (smile), has anyone else had trouble
>>here ?
>
>I actually use the latest 4.8.x with the currently most recent stable
>nvidia drivers and not seen anything weird.
>
>Will test with a few 3D heavy stuff tomorrow to be certain.
>
>--
>Joost

Ok. Tested on my desktop yesterday.
Latest stable kernel with latest stable nvidia does not work together.

Had to revert back to an older one on my desktop.

Will do some more testing over the weekend when akonadi (see other thread) has 
stabilized a bit.

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Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

[J. Roeleveld]

On December 27, 2016 4:23:06 PM GMT+01:00, Philip Webb  
wrote:
>I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing)
>& compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ;
>there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below).
>After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars
>etc).
>I tried it with KDE 5 & with Fluxbox, but no difference :
>KDE couldn't start Plasma, but showed a few apps.
>There was a warning msg re Opengl, but nothing helpful.
>
>Previously & now again, everything is ok with Kernel 4.2.0-r1 + Nvidia
>361.28.
>
>There are many kernel versions available & many Nvidia versions ;
>there are also many USE flags & many kernel options.
>Before I try permutating them all (smile), has anyone else had trouble
>here ?

I actually use the latest 4.8.x with the currently most recent stable nvidia 
drivers and not seen anything weird.

Will test with a few 3D heavy stuff tomorrow to be certain.

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Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

[lee]

Philip Webb  writes:

> I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing)
> & compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ;
> there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below).
> After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars etc).
> I tried it with KDE 5 & with Fluxbox, but no difference :
> KDE couldn't start Plasma, but showed a few apps.
> There was a warning msg re Opengl, but nothing helpful.
>
> Previously & now again, everything is ok with Kernel 4.2.0-r1 + Nvidia 361.28.
>
> There are many kernel versions available & many Nvidia versions ;
> there are also many USE flags & many kernel options.
> Before I try permutating them all (smile), has anyone else had trouble here ?

4.4.6 and 375.26 seem to work fine here.


 * Found these USE flags for x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-375.26:
 U I
 + + X   : Install the X.org driver, OpenGL libraries, XvMC libraries, 
and VDPAU libraries
 - - acpi: Add support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
 - - compat  : Install non-GLVND libGL for backwards compatibility
 + + driver  : Install the kernel driver module
 + + gtk3: Install nvidia-settings with support for GTK+ 3
 + + kms : Enable support for kernel mode setting (KMS)
 - - pax_kernel  : PaX patches from the PaX project
 - - static-libs : Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
 + + tools   : Install additional tools such as nvidia-settings
 - - uvm : Install the Unified Memory kernel module (nvidia-uvm) for 
sharing memory between CPU and GPU in CUDA programs
 - - wayland : Enable dev-libs/wayland backend


For kernel options, I followed the wiki.

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

[Alan Grimes]

Philip Webb wrote:
> I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing)
> & compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ;
> there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below).
> After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars etc).
> I tried it with KDE 5 & with Fluxbox, but no difference :
> KDE couldn't start Plasma, but showed a few apps.
> There was a warning msg re Opengl, but nothing helpful.
>
> Previously & now again, everything is ok with Kernel 4.2.0-r1 + Nvidia 361.28.

I'm having very good luck with 4.6.7, I'm version frozen on this version
until potential hardware upgrade to Ryzen CPU, pending more information
about it's open systems acceptability.


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[gentoo-user] kernel 4.9.0 + nvidia problem

[Philip Webb]

I successfully configured, compiled & installed Kernel 4.9.0 (testing)
& compiled Nvidia 375.26 (testing) to match ;
there was a problem trying to use 4.9.0 with 361.28 (below).
After reboot, X started, but with a primitive display (overlarge chars etc).
I tried it with KDE 5 & with Fluxbox, but no difference :
KDE couldn't start Plasma, but showed a few apps.
There was a warning msg re Opengl, but nothing helpful.

Previously & now again, everything is ok with Kernel 4.2.0-r1 + Nvidia 361.28.

There are many kernel versions available & many Nvidia versions ;
there are also many USE flags & many kernel options.
Before I try permutating them all (smile), has anyone else had trouble here ?

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