On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:06:30 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > 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. > > > In the past when I do a kernel upgrade, I have linked to the new > > kernel, emerged nvidia drivers then rebooted to the new kernel. It > > worked fine for me. I haven't done that in a while since I just > > built a new rig but I have done that in the past many times. > > > > Is this something new? > > It could easily be, yes. I remember being surprised once last year when > it happened, and since then it's been every time - enough that I've > written a tiny script to remerge drivers and vbox, then restart xdm. > The difference may be my ~amd64 system and consequent later versions of > nvidia-drivers.
I don't have this problem. You could only see this error if /usr/src/linux/.config does not exist. As long as you have run make oldconfig, the drivers should build, although I only build them after compiling the kernel (but before rebooting).
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