Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sunday 16 January 2011 03:25:41 [email protected] wrote:
> > Adam Carter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Did you remember to repoint the /usr/src/linux link? IIRC the
> > > module is built to suit whatever kernel that is pointing to. If
> > > its not set correctly you'll need to re-emerge nvidia-drivers.
> >
> > linux is pointing correctly and it was after I emerged the
> > nvidia-drivers that I got the invalid argument.
>
> You can't emerge nvidia-drivers if /usr/src/linux points to a kernel
> version other than the currently running one - it complains it can't find
> a valid kernel config. This means that, after emerging a new kernel
> version, it's necessary to reboot with the new kernel (and fail to start
> X) before it's possible to remerge nvidia-drivers to suit the new kernel
> - you can't do it in advance.
>
> On this ~amd64 multilib box, 260.19.29 has run trouble-free with gentoo-
> sources 2.6.36-r5, 2.6.36-r6 and 2.6.37. Perhaps your -multilib USE flag
> is causing trouble.
I am using x86 rather than 64 and I did emerge it after rebooting to the
new kernel, but I got invalid argument when issuing the modprobe
command.
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