On Sunday 06 April 2003 09:12 am, Thilo Schwidurski wrote: > Hi, > > when executing: > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge > /usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-kernel/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4349-r1.ebui >ld > > 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.
IIRC, MTRR support is under the processor settings menu in make menuconfig. You will need it compiled into the kernel to run X with an Nvidia card -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
