On Monday 17 February 2003 12:31, Peter Ruskin wrote: > On Monday 17 Feb 2003 17:25, Ernie Schroder wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have just finished building the xfs-sources kernel. It boots up > > fine BUT I have no X using the nvidia drivers. (vesa works fine) I > > have done emerge -C nvidia-kernel and for nvidia-glx and > > reinstalled them both I've done update-modules (using 4191 series > > drivers). I did compile agpgart into the kernel, but NvAGP is set > > to "0" insmod nvidia says no module by that name found. I know I'm > > missing something very basic but for the life of me, I'm lost. > > Suggestions and DUMBASS comments are wellcome. > > cd /lib/modules/2.4.20-xfs_pre6/video no such directory hmmm Can I link from old, working kernel, or copy the /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/video to the xfs kernel? (nvidia.0 only appears in /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r10/video) note that nvidia drivers work fine with the exception of AGP with the gentoo-sources kernel
> ln -s . ../kernel/drivers/video > (nVidia 4191 installs in the wrong place) > > /etc/modules.d/nvidia contains: > # Nvidia drivers support > alias char-major-195 nvidia > # To tweak the driver the following options can be used, note that > # you should be careful, as it could cause instability!! > # > # To enable Side Band Adressing: NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 > # > # To enable Fast Writes: NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 > # > # To enable both for instance, uncomment following line: > # > #options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 \ > # NVreg_EnableVia4x=1 > options nvidia NVreg_EnableVia4x=1 > > Then update-modules and try again. > > Peter -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
