I just installed my first off-board video card, an Asus N6600GT. Followed the nvidia guide, it worked like a champ under kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r5. Got a gazillion frames per second.
Upgraded the kernel to r6. No joy, X won't start, can't find valid module.
Says me, I'll just go through the steps in the guide again. No joy.
Reverted to the r5 kernel, it works great.
Can someone initiate me in the mysteries of nvidia and doing kernel upgrades?
Thanks.
Bill Roberts
me on kernel upgrade:
1) after compiled the kernel, reboot with it
2) obviously X won't start. run nvidia-installer -K (install only kernel module)
3) insmod /lib/modules/$kernel_number/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
4) look in /dev to see that there are nvidiactl and nvidia0 (at least)
5) lsmod to see that the module is loaded (i got nvidia added to /etc/ modules.autoload/kernel-2.6
6) /etc/init.d/xdm restart (restart xdm/gdm/kdm to see that X is working)
7) reboot to be sure that the module is loaded at boot
if all is ok, every kernel upgrade i must do 2) & 3)
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