Hi, when executing: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge /usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4349-r1.ebuild
the nvidia build script complains about missing MTRR support (obviously a processor feature), which it says has to be build into the kernel. Ok, did that - at least I tried, but to no avail. Actually, there is no /proc/mtrr file (or link?) and I am not able to generate one via nano or echo - it looks that I am not allowed to write a simple file in /proc (insufficient access rights? Can't be, I am logged on as root). (BTW, I already found mtrr-related postings describing this behaviour which unfortunately where not helpful in my case). In /usr/src/linux/Documentation/mtrr.txt I find that there has to be a CONFIG_MTRR Option (I assume it's a #DEFINE that is used somewhere in C/C++ source via #IFDEF) which will take care of generating the /proc/mtrr file (right?). Should'nt make menuconfig take care of this setting? Or do I have to set this? If, then how and where? Maybe this is the point where I should describe what I actually want to acchieve: After installing Gentoo the X Server won't run after startx (what happens each and every year whenever I tried to install Linux and finally gave up frustrated, beginning sometime arround 1996 :-/). In the log the NVDriver complains about some bad settings, so this *could* still be a simple (display) setting problem in the XFree86config (what I doubt). So the good thing is, the NVDriver module is running (it is, I checked via lsmod). I thought I need to update to the newer driver version 4349 (what I am able now after getting help of Jose G.G.). So there I am stuck, because this update won't compile, it needs the MTRR kernel setting, which it probably identifies by the /proc/mtrr file, well, which is missing... Besides: the card is a NVidia Geforce MX420 and my display is a TFT (1280x1024 pixel @ 24bit). Bye, Thilo. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
